Virus Stopper

摘要

An antiviral drug commonly taken for genital herpes seems to suppress HIV, the AIDS virus, in people harboring both pathogens, astudy in West Africa finds. The report bolsters the notion that the two viruses have some biological interplay and suggests that herpes drugs might slow the spread of HIV. Researchers identified 136 women in Burkina Faso who were infected with both genital herpes and HIV. The AIDS virus hadn't depleted immune cells in any of these women enough to make them candidates for drug treatment, and none was receiving any herpes drug.