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HIV treatment as prevention: models, data, and questions--towards evidence-based decision-making. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2012
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for those infected with HIV can prevent onward transmission of infection, but biological efficacy alone is not enough to guide policy decisions about the role of ART in reducing HIV incidence.
HIV Modelling Consortium Treatment as Prevention Editorial Writing Group
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HIV Prevention in Care and Treatment Settings: Baseline Risk Behaviors among HIV Patients in Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
HIV care and treatment settings provide an opportunity to reach people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) with prevention messages and services. Population-based surveys in sub-Saharan Africa have identified HIV risk behaviors among PLHIV, yet data are limited
A Palepu, Amy Medley, Andrea Howard, AP Hardon, CA Mellins, CMBP Obermeyer, D Donnell, DA Gust, Daniel P. Kidder, DK Ekouevi, DM Tuller, Frieda Katuta, Geoffrey Somi, Gilly Arthur, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, HCI Chemaitelly, IM Kigozi, J Homsy, JA Hahn, JC Fisher, JH Samet, JL Richardson, JS Mukherjee, Julius Atashili, KL Dunkle, Lancet, M Battegay, M Charurat, M Cornell, MA Chesney, Marta Ackers, ME Coldiron, MS Cohen, Muhsin Sheriff, NF Crum, Nick DeLuca, NR Reynolds, NT Do, P Braitstein, PA Shuper, Pam Bachanas, Peter Cherutich, R Bunnell, R King, Redempta Mbatia, S Attia, SD Lawn, SE Cohn, Sherri Pals, TC Quinn, VG Bhat, Y Abaynew, Z Mulissa   +52 more
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The time has come to make cervical cancer prevention an essential part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services for HIV-positive women in low-income countries. [PDF]

, 2015
IntroductionHIV and cervical cancer are intersecting epidemics that disproportionately affect one of the most vulnerable populations in the world: women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Cohen, Craig R, Huchko, Megan J, Maloba, May, Nakalembe, Miriam   +3 more
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The feasibility of modified HIV and antiretroviral drug testing using self-collected dried blood spots from men who have sex with men

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background In the US, one in six men who have sex with men (MSM) with HIV are unaware of their HIV infection. In certain circumstances, access to HIV testing and viral load (VL) monitoring is challenging.
Wei Luo, Vickie Sullivan, Pollyanna R. Chavez, Sarah E. Wiatrek, Maria Zlotorzynska, Amy Martin, Rebecca Rossetti, Travis Sanchez, Patrick Sullivan, Robin J. MacGowan, S. Michele Owen, Silvina Masciotra   +11 more
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E-Cigarette Use Among Persons With Diagnosed HIV in the U.S.

AJPM Focus, 2023
Introduction: E-cigarettes emerged in the U.S. market in the late 2000s. In 2017, E-cigarette use among U.S. adults was 2.8%, with higher use among some population groups.
Stacy L. Thorne, PhD, MPH, Ralph S. Caraballo, PhD, Yunfeng Tie, PhD, Norma S. Harris, PhD, R. Luke Shouse, MD, MPH, John T. Brooks, MD   +5 more
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Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of topical inserts containing tenofovir alafenamide fumarate and elvitegravir administered rectally in macaquesResearch in context

EBioMedicine, 2022
Summary: Background: Topical on-demand forms for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) may be a desirable alternative for people that prefer not to use daily PrEP.
Natalia Makarova, Tyana Singletary, M. Melissa Peet, James Mitchell, Angela Holder, Chuong Dinh, Vivek Agrahari, Maria Mendoza, Yi Pan, Walid Heneine, Meredith R. Clark, J. Gerardo García-Lerma, James M. Smith, Gustavo F. Doncel   +13 more
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HIV-1 subtype diversity and transmission strain source among men who have sex with men in Guangxi, China

Scientific Reports, 2021
With the rapid increase in HIV prevalence of men who have sex with men (MSM) in recent years and common human migration and travelling across different provinces in China, MSM are now finding it easier to meet each other, which might contribute to local ...
Yi Chen, Zhiyong Shen, Yi Feng, Yuhua Ruan, Jianjun Li, Shuai Tang, Kailing Tang, Shujia Liang, Xianwu Pang, Edward B. McNeil, Hui Xing, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Mei Lin, Guanghua Lan   +13 more
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Effectively Addressing Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disparities Affecting US Black Women

Health Equity, 2018
Black women have disproportionately higher rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and low percentages being linked to care and becoming virally suppressed, compared with women of other races/ethnicities.
Erin L.P. Bradley, Angelica Geter, Ashley C. Lima, Madeline Y. Sutton, Donna Hubbard McCree   +4 more
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Can a pill prevent HIV? Negotiating the biomedicalisation of HIV prevention [PDF]

, 2015
This article examines how biomedicalisation is encountered, responded to and negotiated within and in relation to new biomedical forms of HIV prevention.
Flowers, Paul, McDaid, Lisa, Young, Ingrid   +2 more
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HIV treatment for prevention [PDF]

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2011
“No virus, no transmission.” Studies have repeatedly shown that viral load (the quantity of virus present in blood and sexual secretions) is the strongest predictor of HIV transmission during unprotected sex or transmission from infected mother to child.Effective treatment lowers viral load to undetectable levels.
Ambrosioni Czyrko, Juan, Calmy, Alexandra, Hirschel, Bernard   +2 more
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