Open AccessBrief Report: Role of Sociobehavioral Factors in Subprotective TFV-DP Levels Among YMSM Enrolled in 2 PrEP Trials
Author(s) -
Renata ArringtonSanders,
Craig M. Wilson,
Suzanne E. Perumean-Chaney,
Amit Patki,
Sybil Hosek
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.0000000000001901
Subject(s) - pre exposure prophylaxis , men who have sex with men , emtricitabine , psychological intervention , sexual orientation , medicine , logistic regression , sexual minority , young adult , demography , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychology , gerontology , family medicine , viral load , psychiatry , antiretroviral therapy , syphilis , social psychology , sociology
Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) experience disparities in HIV acquisition more than any other group. Daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with tenofovir/emtricitabine has been shown to effectively prevent HIV transmission in YMSM; however, recent studies suggest that young Black men who have sex with men experience subprotective levels of tenofovir diphosphate more frequently than other groups.