Virios Therapeutics' Study Featured in Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication Highlighting Association of Herpes Simplex Type 1 Viral Infection with Common Gastrointestinal Disorders, Including in Patients with Comorbid Fibromyalgia

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Jun 01, 2022

Virios+Therapeutics%2C+Inc. (Nasdaq: VIRI), a development-stage biotechnology company focused on advancing novel, combination antiviral therapies to treat debilitating chronic diseases, including fibromyalgia, today announced the results of a pilot study performed at the University of Alabama, titled “Gastric Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection is Associated with Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in the Presence and Absence of Comorbid Fibromyalgia: A Pilot Case-Control Study”, were published in the journal Infection. These resultsprovide evidence for a potential mechanistic connection between active herpes virus infection and functional gastrointestinal Disorders (“FGID”), with or without comorbid fibromyalgia (“FM”), as well as the potential for combination antiviral therapy to treat patients with FGIDs and FM.