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Herpes drug helps control HIV

by Pat Coate | February 22, 2007

London, England, UK - A drug designed to combat genital herpes can also reduce levels of HIV in the blood by 70%, a small trial in Africa has revealed.

Lawrence Corey at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, U.S., says this is good reason to explore herpes drugs as a treatment for HIV.

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