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Herpes vaccines could mean billions of dollars of cost savings and prevent the loss of millions of quality of life years by reducing HSV-2 infections and HSV-2 driven HIV infections, according to a modelling study in 90 low and middle income countries

12.15.22 | PLOS

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Article Title: Estimated economic burden of genital herpes and HIV attributable to herpes simplex virus type 2 infections in 90 low- and middle-income countries: A modeling study

Author Countries : United States, Qatar

Funding: HHA acknowledges the joint support of Qatar University and Marubeni M-QJRC-2020-5. LJA acknowledges the support of NPRP grant number 9-040-3-008 from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS Medicine

10.1371/journal.pmed.1003938

Observational study

People

Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Economics Health and Medicine Herpes Simplex Hiv Infections Hiv Vaccines

Article Information

Journal
PLOS Medicine
DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1003938
Method of Research
Observational study
Subject of Research
People
COI Statement
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Claire Turner
PLOS
medicinepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, December 15). Herpes vaccines could mean billions of dollars of cost savings and prevent the loss of millions of quality of life years by reducing HSV-2 infections and HSV-2 driven HIV infections, according to a modelling study in 90 low and middle income countries. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LVDMXWYL/herpes-vaccines-could-mean-billions-of-dollars-of-cost-savings-and-prevent-the-loss-of-millions-of-quality-of-life-years-by-reducing-hsv-2-infections-and-hsv-2-driven-hiv-infections-according-to-a-mod.html
MLA:
"Herpes vaccines could mean billions of dollars of cost savings and prevent the loss of millions of quality of life years by reducing HSV-2 infections and HSV-2 driven HIV infections, according to a modelling study in 90 low and middle income countries." Brightsurf News, Dec. 15 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LVDMXWYL/herpes-vaccines-could-mean-billions-of-dollars-of-cost-savings-and-prevent-the-loss-of-millions-of-quality-of-life-years-by-reducing-hsv-2-infections-and-hsv-2-driven-hiv-infections-according-to-a-mod.html.