Study: Herpes drug may curb AIDS virus
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070222/ap_on_he_me/hiv_herpes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070208/capt.sge.qkx61.080207191348.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=L0nHuHoExQuDqI4RTK8tFg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="AIDS activists arrive outside parliament in Cape Town, in 2004. The first mass trial of an HIV vaccine which has yielded promising results in smaller tests in the United States and elsewhere is to be launched in AIDS-hit South Africa, it was announced.(AFP/File/Anna Zieminski)" border="0" /></a>AP - Treating genital herpes can also help keep the AIDS virus under control in women with both infections, and might reduce the spread of HIV, too, the first major study to test this strategy suggests. Many people with HIV are also infected with the herpes type 2 virus, and scientists have long known that herpes sores on the genitals can make it easier to become infected with the AIDS virus and could increase the risk of transmitting HIV to others.</p><br clear="all"/>