HIV treatment as prevention: the utility and limitations of ecological observation.

Results from several observational studies of HIV-discordant couples and a randomized controlled trial (HIV Prevention Trials Network 052) show that antiretroviral therapy (ART) can greatly reduce heterosexual HIV transmission in stable HIV-discordant couples. However, such data do not prove that AR...

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Main Authors: M Kumi Smith, Kimberly A Powers, Kathryn E Muessig, William C Miller, Myron S Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3393666?pdf=render