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BETHESDA, MD. -- The use of hormonal contraception is among the factors that have been associated with increased viral shedding among women with genital herpes simplex virus type 2 infections, Sharon L. Hillier, Ph.D., said at a conference on vulvovaginal diseases.
Women who have recently been infected with HSV-2 and those with bacterial vaginosis (BV) have also been found to have greater viral shedding, said Dr. Hillier, director, reproductive infectious disease research, Magee-Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh. Shedding decreases...
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