Test-and-Treat in Los Angeles: A Mathematical Model of the Effects of Test-and-Treat for the Population of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Los Angeles County | Zendy

Neeraj Sood | Zendy; Zachary Wagner | Zendy; Amber Jaycocks | Zendy; Emmanuel F. Drabo | Zendy; Raffaele Vardavas | Zendy

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Test-and-Treat in Los Angeles: A Mathematical Model of the Effects of Test-and-Treat for the Population of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Los Angeles County

Author(s) -

Neeraj Sood,

Zachary Wagner,

Amber Jaycocks,

Emmanuel F. Drabo,

Raffaele Vardavas

Publication year - 2013

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 - 10.1093/cid/cit158

Subject(s) - medicine , test (biology) , men who have sex with men , demography , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , treatment as prevention , environmental health , gerontology , antiretroviral therapy , immunology , viral load , syphilis , paleontology , sociology , biology

There is evidence to suggest that antiretroviral therapy (ART) and testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reduce the probability of transmission of HIV. This has led health officials across the United States to take steps toward a test-and-treat policy. However, the extent of the benefits generated by test-and-treat is debatable, and there are concerns, such as increased multidrug resistance (MDR), that remain unaddressed.

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