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Is there a realistic timeline for an hsv 2 cure? i read about breakthrough cures and vaccines often but nothing approved yet. when will we see this?
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HSV Cure: In a small study, researchers found that the drug -- pritelivir -- substantially curbed 'viral shedding' in people with genital herpes, decreased the amount of time virus was active and potentially transmissible to patients' sexual partners. Otherwise current treatment of HSV with Valcyclovir and Acyclovir meds only limi symptom severity. NIH has launched a phase I trial of a new vaccine,
Answered 6/24/2014
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