Genital herpes massively raises risk of HIV infection
Chronic or recent infection with the genital herpes virus (HSV-2) increases the risk of acquiring HIV more than four- and five-fold, respectively, according to research undertaken amongst high-risk women in Tanzania, writes Edwin Bernard on NAM.
Although other sexually transmitted infections – including Chlaymdia trachomatis and bacterial vaginosis – were also associated with an increased risk of HIV infection, the investigators estimate that approximately 63% of HIV incidence in the study was attributable to HSV-2 infection, whether or not it caused symptomatic genital ulcer disease (GUD).
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