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Gates Foundation funds HIV/Herpes study

    JOHANNESBURG

    Africa is one of three country set to benefit from a recent US $30 million pledge to further HIV/AIDS research, the Associated Press agency (AP) reported on Thursday.

    The money pledged by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will fund studies on whether successfully treating genital herpes could help reduce HIV transmission.

    It is estimated that at least half of all people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide are infected with the herpes simplex virus type-2, or genital herpes.

    Research shows that people with genital herpes are about twice as likely to contract HIV.

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