Diffusion of Newer HIV Prevention Innovations: Variable Practices of Frontline Infectious Diseases Physicians
Author(s) -
Douglas Krakower,
Susan E. Beekmann,
Philip M. Polgreen,
Kenneth H. Mayer
Publication year - 2015
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/civ736
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , guideline , family medicine , pre exposure prophylaxis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , public health , medline , nursing , men who have sex with men , pathology , syphilis , political science , law
US Public Health Service guidelines recommend early initiation of antiretroviral treatment (ART) for human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV)-infected patients and preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a prevention option for persons at risk for HIV acquisition. Before issuance of these guidelines, few clinicians reported prescribing early ART or PrEP.
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