The Effect of Antiretroviral Therapy on Secondary Transmission of HIV among Men Who Have Sex with Men | Zendy

Alethea W. McCormick | Zendy; Rochelle P. Walensky | Zendy; Marc Lipsitch | Zendy; Elena Losina | Zendy; Heather Hsu | Zendy; Milton C. Weinstein | Zendy; A. David Paltiel | Zendy; Kenneth A. Freedberg | Zendy; George R. Seage | Zendy

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The Effect of Antiretroviral Therapy on Secondary Transmission of HIV among Men Who Have Sex with Men

Author(s) -

Alethea W. McCormick,

Rochelle P. Walensky,

Marc Lipsitch,

Elena Losina,

Heather Hsu,

Milton C. Weinstein,

A. David Paltiel,

Kenneth A. Freedberg,

George R. Seage

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/512816

Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , viral load , transmission (telecommunications) , cohort study , antiretroviral therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , men who have sex with men , demography , immunology , pediatrics , syphilis , sociology , electrical engineering , engineering

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) RNA load and the probability of transmitting HIV to an HIV-uninfected partner. However, the potential reduction in secondary transmission associated with ART may be offset by the longer duration of infectiousness.

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