Open AccessModelling the Strategic Use of Antiretroviral Therapy for the Treatment and Prevention of HIV
Author(s) -
Nathan Ford,
Gottfried Hirnschall
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001535
Subject(s) - antiretroviral therapy , psychological intervention , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , treatment as prevention , alternative medicine , medline , family medicine , psychology , gerontology , viral load , political science , psychiatry , pathology , law
Nathan Ford and Gottfried Hirnschall reflect on recent research by Jan Hontelez and colleagues published in this week's PLOS Medicine. The authors argue that the future HIV modeling efforts should focus on helping programs make choices about which interventions need to be prioritized in order to achieve the levels of enrollment and retention in care required to maximize the prevention benefit of ART. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary
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