1 ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Full title: Association between herpes simplex virus type 2 and HIV-1 in a population of married couples from Dakar, Senegal Short title: HSV-2/HIV-1 association among Senegalese couples Makhtar Camara PharmD, PhD,*† Moussa Seydi MD,‡ Tandakha Ndiaye Dieye PharmD, PhD,* Papa Salif Sow MD,‡ Souleymane Mboup PharmD, PhD,* Luc Kestens PhD,† Wim Jennes PhD† * Immunology Unit, Laboratory of Bacteriology-Virology, CHU Le Dantec, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal; †Immunology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium; ‡ Department of Infectious Diseases, CHU Fann, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal Correspondence to: Wim Jennes, PhD; Immunology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium, Phone: +32 32476227, Fax: +32 32476231, E-mail: wjennes@itg.be