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Volume 44, Issue 4, Page 9 (15 February 2009)


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Birth Control May Harm Natural Defenses Against Herpesvirus

HEIDI SPLETE (Senior Writer)

WASHINGTON — Using hormonal contraceptives might weaken a woman's natural immunity to the herpesvirus, according to findings from a pilot study of healthy women aged 18–35 years.

PII: S0029-7437(09)70054-0

doi:10.1016/S0029-7437(09)70054-0


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