HIV/AIDS

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Herpes Simplex Virus - HSV infections can cause major complications for infants born to mothers with the virus. Therefore, if a woman has an active genital herpes infection at delivery, a cesarean delivery is usually performed. Herpes also plays a role in the spread of HIV. The skin is a barrier that protects us from contracting some infections. Since open sores on the body caused by herpes disrupt that barrier, people become more susceptible to infections such as HIV. An HIV infected individual also becomes more infectious if he or she has an outbreak of herpes sores.

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