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Antiviral suppresses genital herpes

The drug famciclovir prevented most cases of genital herpes among study participants.

 

References:

Diaz-Mitoma, F., et al. 1998. Oral famciclovir for the suppression of recurrent genital herpes. Journal of the American Medical Association 280(Sept. 9):887.

 

Further Readings:

Engel, J.P. 1998. Long-term suppression of genital herpes. Journal of the American Medical Association 280(Sept. 9):928.

Mertz, G.J., et al. 1997. Oral famciclovir for suppression of recurrent genital herpes simplex virus infection in women: A multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Archives of Internal Medicine 157:943.

 

Sources:

Francisco Diaz-Mitoma
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
401 Smyth Road
Ottawa, Ontario K1H BL1
Canada

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 12, September 19, 1998, p. 188.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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