The primary reason that a herpes simplex virus (hsv) infection is a serious concern to a client with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection is that it

It makes a person with HIV more able to pass it along. HSV could act as a co-factor to HIV which makes it easier  It increases the viral load of HIV and also, HIV would be present in herpes blisters. Genital shedding seen on HIV patients may be increased if they also have herpes.