Circumcision trial shows how HIV and herpes amplify each other: circumcision protects against both

Circumcision trial shows how HIV and herpes amplify each other: circumcision protects against both:

New findings from the South African randomised controlled trial (RCT) of circumcision have found that HIV and herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) independently reinforce each others’ effects. People with one infection in the study were more likely to acquire the other infection. The study also found that circumcision protected men in the study against HSV-2 as well as HIV."