Promising results from trials of vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) genital infections

C Lowndes

doi:10.2807/esw.06.51.01990-en

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Promising results from trials of vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) genital infections
C Lowndes
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Citation style for this article: Lowndes C M. Promising results from trials of vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) genital infections. Euro Surveill. 2002;6(51):pii=1990. https://doi.org/10.2807/esw.06.51.01990-en

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In a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (1,2), two American groups published the results of multicentre trials of vaccines against genital HPV and HSV-2 infection. Both these double-stranded DNA viruses are sexually transmitted and infection can result in very serious sequelae.