purpose : a collaborative multicenter double-blind , placebo-controlled trial of intravenous acyclovir treatment of first-episode genital herpes was performed in order to substantiate previous findings on the efficacy and safety of this drug , to evaluate the influence of parenteral therapy on recurrence frequency , and to obtain further data on the natural history of genital herpes .
C0001367
acyclovir
C0019342
genital herpes