Merck recently gained approval for a vaccine called Zostavax for preventing herpes zoster reactivation in elderly people. This live virus vaccine is unusual in that it is to prevent reemergence, not to prevent initial infection. Can the same concept be used for recurrent herpes simplex infection which is much more disabling than herpes zoster in younger people?
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