Genital Herpes Has Played a More Important Role than Any Other Sexually Transmitted Infection in Driving HIV Prevalence in Africa
Figure 4
HSV-2 role in different risk groups. Role of HSV-2 in fueling HIV spread per sexual activity group in the calculations of Figure 1 (A and C) and Figure 2 (B and D).
The upper panels A and B show the time course of HIV incidence per year attributed directly to HSV-2 in the low-risk population and in the high risk group. The lower panels C and D display the cumulative incidence of HIV infections since 1980 (actual number of infections) attributed directly to HSV-2 in the low-risk population and in the high risk group.
