Efficacy results of a trial of a herpes simplex vaccine.

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Published in N Engl J Med on January 05, 2012

Authors

Robert B Belshe1, Peter A Leone, David I Bernstein, Anna Wald, Myron J Levin, Jack T Stapleton, Iris Gorfinkel, Rhoda L Ashley Morrow, Marian G Ewell, Abbie Stokes-Riner, Gary Dubin, Thomas C Heineman, Joann M Schulte, Carolyn D Deal, Herpevac Trial for Women

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy, and Immunology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. belsherb@slu.edu

Associated clinical trials:

HerpeVac Trial for Young Women | NCT00057330

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