PrEP in Clinical Setting Results in No New HIV Infections

In a large clinical practice setting, there has been an increasing amount of referrals and initiation of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV transmission. In this particular group over a three year period, there were no new cases of HIV among those using PrEP. While this population was overwhelmingly (99%) MSM, three heterosexual women also participated in the study. Researchers feel that further outreach is needed to spread PrEP use among other populations than MSM.

 

Citation:
Volk JE, Marcus JL, Phengrasamy T, Blechinger D, Nguyen DP, Follansbee S, Hare CB. No new HIV infections with increasing use of HIV preexposure prophylaxis in a clinical practice setting. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Nov 15;61(10):1601-3.

 

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