Traditional agents for herpes treatment can slow down HIV-infection development, scientists from University of Washington in Seattle (USA) confirm.

Physicians know, that the majority of the infected HIV-1 also are infected by a virus of simple herpes of the second type (HSV2), or genital herpes. Suppression of a virus of herpes reduces HIV level, however from the previous researches till now it was not clear, whether the course of a disease is slowed down thus.
Observing within 2 years for more than three thousand patients in Africa, the infected HIV-1, scientific have found out, that Anti Herpes preparation Acyclovir reduces risk of advance of a HIV on 16 %. Scientists say, that, despite rather modest Acyclovir effect, this cheap agent helps patients to remain more longly healthy and allows to delay for a year-two a drug intake from a HIV-infection.

However Anti Herpes the preparation does not do patients from a HIV by less infectious, that is their sexual partners are exposed, as before, to the big risk to "pick up" a human immunodeficiency virus, researchers confirm.
Let's notice, that the biggest number of cases of a HIV-infection - 67 % from the general (world) quantity of patients, still is necessary to Africa to the south from Sahara. In 2008 here have been infected 1,9 million person therefore the general number of the diseased has reached 22,4 million, experts of the Incorporated program of the Organization of the incorporated nations in a HIV, AIDS (UNAIDS) note. Orphans because of AIDS already steels of 14 million children. Thus women and girls are subject to the greatest risk of infection - 60 % of cases of a carriage of a HIV.