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QUESTION 10
A 33-year-old man comes in with his fiancée for a routine examination. He is without complaints. He has a past history of documented HSV-2 infection but he has been asymptomatic for the past 4 years.
His fiancée who is 6 weeks pregnant, underwent glycoprotein-G-based serological testing and was found to be positive for HSV-1 and negative for HSV-2. She is asymptomatic.
Which of the following interventions would be most effective at decreasing the risk of HSV-2 transmission to his fiancée?
(1) Giving the female valacyclovir suppression
(2) Giving the male valacyclovir suppression
(3) Treating the male with valacyclovir during active outbreaks
(4) Giving the female Valacyclovir suppression during her third trimester of pregnancy