AIDS drugs prevent sexual transmission of HIV in gay men, study finds

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The study proves, researchers said, that using antiretroviral therapy to suppress the AIDS virus to undetectable levels also means it cannot be passed on via sex.

She said this"powerful message" could help end the HIV pandemic by preventing the virus' transmission in high-risk populations. In this study alone, for example, the researchers estimate that the suppressive antiretrovial treatment prevented around 472 HIV transmissions during the eight years.

The study, published in the Lancet medical journal on Thursday, assessed the risk of HIV transmission between serodifferent gay male couples - where one partner is HIV-positive and one is HIV-negative - who do not use condoms. Its findings add to an earlier phase of the study which looked at HIV transmission risk for serodifferent heterosexual couples in the same circumstances. It also found zero risk.

While 15 of the men among the 972 gay couples in this phase did become infected with HIV during the eight years of follow-up, genetic testing showed their infections were with strains of HIV acquired from another sexual partner. Since the start of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, more than 77 million people have become infected with HIV. Almost half of them - 35.4 million - have died of AIDS.

 

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Dats true to some extent bt beta have protected sex

irynnamubiru Sure?

Everyone should still practice sex safe just saying

I wouldn't bet on that.

Now that’s news! Wow.

Major break thru

I will forever have a problem with AIDS infected individuals knowingly infecting others with the intent of carrying it out to avenge their being infected. It's wrong and it shows evil intent to prey upon the innocent.

Didn't they cure AIDS with stem cells? What happened with that?

Now watch big pharma jack up the price to $1000 a pill

No matter how you deny it. It's a fact that sex occurs between sexes.

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