A NOVEL vaccine might help stem the continuing spread of genital herpes, which now infects 1 in 5 people in the US alone.
While most people infected with the sexually transmitted herpes simplex 2 virus (HSV-2) remain blissfully unaware of the fact, others suffer from periodic outbreaks of painful sores. More seriously, having genital herpes also makes you five times as likely to contract HIV.
In Kenya and Zimbabwe, for example, over half the adult population is infected with HSV-2. In Africa as a whole, genital herpes is responsible for as much as 40 per cent of HIV transmission, according…
