Treatment as Prevention
Treatment as Prevention
Antiretroviral Therapy Reduces Heterosexual HIV Transmission Risk by More than 90%
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- Category: HIV Prevention
- Published on Friday, 04 June 2010 14:16
- Written by Liz Highleyman
HIV positive people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) were 92% less likely than untreated individuals to transmit the virus to their heterosexual partners, according to an African study reported in the May 27, 2010 advance online edition of The Lancet. Among untreated partners, greater transmission risk was associated with lower CD4 cell count and higher viral load. The researchers concluded that ART could be an effective strategy for achieving population-level reductions in HIV transmission.
Antiretroviral Therapy Does Not Completely Eliminate the Risk of HIV Transmission between Heterosexual Couples
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- Category: Treatment as Prevention
- Published on Friday, 01 August 2008 14:10
- Written by Liz Highleyman
It is well known that by lowering HIV viral load in the blood and genital fluids, effective combination antiretroviral therapy can dramatically lower the risk of transmitting the virus. Some researchers, in fact, have suggested that expanded use of early therapy might significantly reduce HIV incidence on a population basis.
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