Open AccessBrief Report: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Awareness and Use Among Cisgender Women at a Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic
Author(s) -
Julia Raifman,
Sheree Schwartz,
Collette Sosnowy,
Madeline C. Montgomery,
Alexi Almonte,
Angela R. Bazzi,
Mari-Lynn Draii,
Michael D. Stein,
Tiara C. Willie,
Amy Nunn,
Philip A. Chan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000001879
Subject(s) - medicine , sexually transmitted disease , pre exposure prophylaxis , disease , environmental health , immunology , men who have sex with men , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective in preventing HIV transmission. Cisgender women (cis-women) constitute only a small proportion of PrEP users in the United States despite accounting for 19% of new HIV infections in 2016.