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TORONTO, July 14 — Consistent condom use reduces the risk of genital herpes by 30% compared with never using such protection during sex, researchers said.
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* Explain to interested patients that this study showed that consistent use of condoms during sex has a significant but moderate effect on the risk of getting genital herpes.
Although the magnitude of the effect is lower than for some other sexually transmitted infections, it could have a substantial benefit for individuals and on a population level, according to Emily Martin, MPH, PhD, of Children’s Hospital Research Institute in Seattle, and colleagues.
The finding comes from a pooled analysis of six studies that had individual data on condom use, as well as laboratory confirmation of acquisition of herpes simplex 2 (HSV-2), the researchers said in the July 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
via Medical News: Condoms Reduce Genital Herpes Risk – in Infectious Disease, STDs from MedPage Today.
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