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Drug resistance emergence in macaques administered cabotegravir long-acting for pre-exposure prophylaxis during acute SHIV infection

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
Long-acting formulation of the integrase inhibitor cabotegravir (CAB LA) is in clinical development for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Here, using a SHIV macaque model, the authors show emergence of integrase mutations associated to CAB LA PrEP ...
Jessica Radzio-Basu   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Racism, African American Women, and Their Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Review of Historical and Contemporary Evidence and Implications for Health Equity

open access: yesHealth Equity, 2018
Background: The sexual and reproductive health of African American women has been compromised due to multiple experiences of racism, including discriminatory healthcare practices from slavery through the post-Civil Rights era.
Cynthia Prather   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Single oral dose for HIV pre or post-exposure prophylaxis: user desirability and biological efficacy in macaques

open access: yesEBioMedicine, 2020
Background: Daily oral pre- or post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP or PEP) is highly effective in preventing HIV infection. However, many people find it challenging to adhere to a daily oral regimen.
Ivana Massud   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors associated with the choice of having multiple sexual partners among male college students with casual heterosexual sex in Zhejiang Province, Eastern China

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Young students infected with HIV have become a significant public health issue in China, this study aimed to understand the factors influencing the choice of having multiple sexual partners among male college students who had casual ...
Zhongrong Yang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preventing HIV infection [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2005
In 2002 the prevailing view was that preventive strategies rather than the provision of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) were the only feasible way to control the spread of HIV infection. Antiretroviral treatment is now cheaper thanks to initiatives from the pharmaceutical industry and generic manufacture and its wider availability ...
Rachael, Jones   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Microbicides in HIV prevention [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2001
In 1999 about 5.4 million people were newly infected with HIV.1 In some countries public health programmes have achieved modest gains in reducing HIV transmission through behavioural change, but the worldwide picture is one of increasing rates of infection.
McCormack, S   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Prevention Counseling Practices of HIV Care Providers with Patients New to HIV Medical Care

open access: yesJournal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2014
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of prevention counseling discussions between HIV care providers and their patients who are newly linked to care and to assess factors that facilitate such discussions.
Eduardo Valverde MPH   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing Vulnerable Population Needs in the Last Mile to the elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV: (Re)Claiming the HIV Response for Female Sex Workers and Their Children

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
As countries strive to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, female sex workers (FSW) and their children still face barriers to accessing these essential services.
Avi J. Hakim   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Natural selection favoring more transmissible HIV detected in United States molecular transmission network

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
Here, the authors use a molecular epidemiological approach to investigate the frequency and intensity of clustering of HIV with different set-point viral loads and find that frequently transmitted strains in genetic transmission clusters have ...
Joel O. Wertheim   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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