Treatment as Prevention
Treatment as Prevention
U.S. Physicians Routinely Offer Early HIV Treatment, But Only a Third Have Prescribed PrEP
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 October 2015 00:00
- Written by Michael Carter
Most doctors at the frontline of the HIV epidemic in the United States recommend early antiretroviral therapy (ART) and many also believe they have a role in providing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to the uninfected partners of their patients living with HIV, according to research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Overall, 87% of doctors recommended ART from the point of diagnosis and most thought PrEP was appropriate in some circumstances. However, only a third had actually prescribed PrEP.
Recent Infection and Treatment Interruptions Are Key Periods for HIV Transmission
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- Published on Tuesday, 06 October 2015 00:00
- Written by Michael Carter
A large proportion of HIV transmissions occur during recent infection or antiretroviral therapy interruptions, Swiss investigators report in the September 19 advance edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Overall, 44% of transmissions were associated with recent infection and 14% could be attributed to treatment interruptions. The authors believe these findings represent a major challenge for treatment as prevention (TasP) strategies.
Half of U.S. Gay Men Using Dating Apps Have Interacted with a PrEP User
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- Published on Wednesday, 09 September 2015 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
Almost half of American gay men recruited to participate in a survey via advertising on a major mobile phone dating app say that at least one potential sexual partner has said that he was taking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and even more have interacted with someone who said that he was HIV-positive but had an undetectable viral load. Many of these potential partners were looking for sex without a condom, according to the survey results, published in the August 21 online edition ofJournal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
Awareness of Treatment Impact on HIV Transmission is Transforming Lives of Mixed-status Couples
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- Published on Friday, 25 September 2015 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
A greater understanding of the impact of HIV treatment on prevention is changing the experience of being in a relationship with a partner of a different HIV status, according to a qualitative Australian study published recently in Sociology of Health and Illness. A biomedical intervention appears to be having unexpected effects -- loosening the association of serodiscordant relationships with "risk" and helping couples to experience their relationships as normal and safe.
IAS 2015: Information about HIV Treatment as Prevention Lessens Stigma and Increases Testing
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- Published on Wednesday, 19 August 2015 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
A large randomized trial of communities in rural Malawi shows that a single community meeting providing information on how antiretroviral therapy makes people less likely to transmit the virus can have a significant impact both on HIV stigma and HIV testing. The results were presented at the 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2015) last month in Vancouver.
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