Open AccessBrief Report: Accuracy in Self-Report of Viral Suppression Among HIV-Positive Men With HIV-Negative Male Partners
Author(s) -
Rob Stephenson,
Anna Bratcher,
Matthew J. Mimiaga,
Robert Garofalo,
Marco A. Hidalgo,
Samuel Hoehnle,
Patrick S. Sullivan
Publication year - 2020
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.0000000000002240
Subject(s) - serodiscordant , viral load , psychological intervention , medicine , men who have sex with men , condom , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , immunology , antiretroviral therapy , psychiatry , syphilis , sociology
Among men who have sex with men, there is now clear evidence that the risk of HIV transmission through condomless sex when the HIV-positive partner is virally suppressed is effectively zero. However, an understanding of the accuracy of reporting of viral load among serodiscordant same-sex male couples is missing from the literature.