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| - UV Light-Induced Reactivation of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 and Prevention by Acyclovir
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| - UV B light is a potent stimulus for inducing reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections. Patients were enrolled in a double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial to determine whether acyclovir can prevent UV light-induced HSV-2 recurrences. Twenty-four patients with a history of recurrent infection of perigenital sites (e.g., buttock, thigh) were exposed one to four times with 4 minimum erythema doses of UV light. Patients were given acyclovir 200 mg orally five times daily or matched placebo beginning 1 day before each exposure and continuing for 5 days after exposure. There were 13 UV-induced recurrences among 36 placebo treatments and 3 after 38 acyclovir treatments (P = .004). The mean time to recurrence (± SE) was 4.8 ± 0.3 days. HSV-2 lesions developed primarily at the site of UV exposure. The cutaneous distribution and timing of UV-induced recurrences was consistent with a neural localization (dorsal root ganglia) of latent viral infection. This UV light model permits direct examination of events leading to HSV-2 recurrences in humans and can be used to evaluate approaches to prevention.
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