1996
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-1_part_1-199601010-00002
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Suppression of Subclinical Shedding of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 with Acyclovir

Abstract: Daily therapy with oral acyclovir suppresses subclinical shedding of HSV-2 in the genital tract, suggesting that studies to evaluate the use of acyclovir in preventing HSV-2 transmission are warranted.

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“…We then studied the first 24 of 34 women who participated in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study of oral acyclovir 400-mg twice a day to evaluate the effect of antiviral therapy on subclinical shedding of HSV (23). Acyclovir blocks HSV replication by its selective phosphorylation by viral thymidine kinase, and the subsequent interaction of acyclovir triphosphate with the HSV DNA polymerase (24).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…We then studied the first 24 of 34 women who participated in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study of oral acyclovir 400-mg twice a day to evaluate the effect of antiviral therapy on subclinical shedding of HSV (23). Acyclovir blocks HSV replication by its selective phosphorylation by viral thymidine kinase, and the subsequent interaction of acyclovir triphosphate with the HSV DNA polymerase (24).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As such, the in vivo inhibition of PCR positivity by acyclovir would indicate the presence of replicating and hence potentially infectious virus on mucosal surfaces; therefore, we sought to compare detection rates of HSV DNA on and off acyclovir. All women in the acyclovir group were seropositive for HSV-2 only with genital herpes infection for Ͻ 2 yr, and were sampled daily for 22 wk (23). For the initial 10 wk the subjects received placebo, followed by 2-wk of washout, and 10 wk of acyclovir, or the reverse order.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite the widespread use of antiviral therapy in the past 20 years, the incidence of infection and complications caused by HSV-2 remain almost intact (Xu et al, 2006;Morris et al, 2008). Daily antiviral therapy has been shown to reduce genital injury (Mertz et al, 1988;Reitano et al, 1998) and to suppress the detection of HSV on the genital mucosa surface (Wald et al, 1996;Gupta et al, 2004). However, daily intake of acyclovir could only reduce the chance of sexually transmitted disease contamination by 48% (Corey et al, 2004).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ежегодно ГГ заболе-вают около 500 000 человек [1]. В 80% случаев ГГ протекает с рецидивами, причем у 20% инфициро-ванных рецидивы имеют типичную, а у 60% -ати-пичную симптоматику [2,3]. Последний, так назы-ваемый «нераспознанный симптоматический гер-пес», имитирует целый ряд инфекций, передаю-щихся половым путем (ИППП), кандидоз и другие заболевания мочеполовой системы.…”
Section: результаты и обсуждениеunclassified
“…Последний, так назы-ваемый «нераспознанный симптоматический гер-пес», имитирует целый ряд инфекций, передаю-щихся половым путем (ИППП), кандидоз и другие заболевания мочеполовой системы. Средняя ча-стота рецидивов ГГ у подавляющего большинства больных составляет 4-5 эпизодов в год, а период бессимптомного выделения вируса достигает 20% дней в году [4,5]. Ослабление клинических прояв-лений заболевания, предупреждение рецидивов, сокращение периода бессимптомного выделения вируса и риска передачи инфекции половому пар-тнеру являются основными задачами противови-русной терапии [6][7][8].…”
Section: результаты и обсуждениеunclassified