Infection with an obscure and apparently harmless virus can stall replication of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. It may also prolong the lives of people with HIV, according to two studies published in the Sept. 6 New England Journal of Medicine.
The potentially beneficial virus, dubbed GBV-C, is similar to a handful of other viruses that cause the liver disease hepatitis.
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