ART Use Can Prevent HIV Transmission to Uninfected Partner
NIAID study HPTN 052 released early results due to overwhelming success in prevention of HIV transmission among serodiscordant couples. Those HIV-infected individuals that started ART immediately were overwhelmingly more likely to not transmit HIV to the uninfected partner than those individuals that waited to start ART until their CD4 counts were below 250 cells/mm3 or experienced an AIDS-related event. Success in prevention resulted in the study arm of deferred treatment being ended 4 years early.
Citation:
Treating HIV-infected people with antiretrovirals protects partners from infection: Findings result from NIH-funded international study [press release]. Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; May 12, 2011.
Press Release
Citation:
Treating HIV-infected people with antiretrovirals protects partners from infection: Findings result from NIH-funded international study [press release]. Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; May 12, 2011.
Press Release
