| The AHMF Research update is a
periodic review of the most recent significant journal
publications in relation to genital herpes and herpes
viruses. In an ongoing series, Dr Shailendra Sawleshwarkar, a
medical registrar working at the Sexually Transmitted
infection Research Centre at Westmead Hospital, Sydney,
summarises what's known and what's new in the area of
herpes viruses and their related conditions. |
Dr Shailendra Sawleshwarkar |
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Herpes therapy reduces HIV viral
load
HIV-positive women taking valaciclovir were found to
have reduced plasma HIV levels. |
March 2007 |
CMV prevalence in Australia and the US
In both countries, prevalence increases with age,
but in the US, females are more likely to be infected.
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National Serosurvey of
Cytomegalovirus in Australia
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Seroprevalence of Cytomegalovirus
Infection in the United States |
November 2006 |
Risk of HSV-2 Acquisition
Increases Over Early Adulthood
Increasing age is independently associated with
increasing incidence (or risk of acquiring) HSV-2 |
September 2006 |
Trends in Herpes Simplex Virus
Type 1 and Type 2 Seroprevalence in the United States
The seroprevalence of HSV-2 has declined, particularly
in younger Americans |
September 2006 |
HSV-1 and HSV-2 in gay men
Two papers examine sexual transmission of HSV-1 and
HSV-2 in gay men, and the effect of HSV-2 on the
transmission of HIV:
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Risk of HIV Acquisition in MSM
with HSV-2
•Transmission
of HSV in HIV-Negative Gay Men |
August 2006 |
Valaciclovir
prophylaxis to prevent recurrent herpes at delivery
Prophylactic treatment during late pregnancy is safe and
reduces the incidence of outbreaks at the time of
delivery |
July 2006 |
HSV type-1 as a
cause of anogenital herpes: Increase in rates in western
Sydney
HSV-1 is increasingly the cause of anogenital herpes in
the Western Sydney population aged under 25. |
May 2006 |
HSV-2 infection in the Australian
population
Review of article published in Sexually Transmitted
Infections by Cunningham, Mindel et al |
April 2006 |
