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Statistics show that 50 to 80 percent of American adults carry the herpes simplex virus, and 20 percent are carriers of the genital herpes strain. Oftentimes, carriers of the virus have no idea that they have it. Acyclovir is a drug used to treat the symptoms that arise when the herpes virus is active in the system.
