Long-term impact of acyclovir suppressive therapy on genital and plasma HIV RNA in Tanzanian women: a randomized controlled trial.

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Published in J Infect Dis on May 01, 2010

Authors

Clare Tanton1, Helen A Weiss, Mary Rusizoka, Jerome Legoff, John Changalucha, Kathy Baisley, Kokugonza Mugeye, Dean Everett, Laurent Belec, Tim C Clayton, David A Ross, Richard J Hayes, Deborah Watson-Jones

Author Affiliations

1: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. ctanton@gum.ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Trial to Study the Effect of Dose of Herpes Simplex Virus-2 (HSV-2) Suppressive Therapy on HSV and HIV | NCT00527618

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