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Only half of people on HIV treatment fit 'Swiss Statement' criteria for non-infectiousness in US study
Gus Cairns, 2012-11-09 08:40:00
A study of a sample of predominantly African-American people with HIV in the US has found that, in those taking antiretroviral therapy (ART), only 51% met the criteria for non-infectiousness set by the Swiss Statement of January 2008.
This study (published in HIV Medicine), though small, underlines other findings that African Americans are missing out on the benefits of ART. The high proportion of people with detectable virus while on ART in this study was apparently driven by poor adherence, but may have been amplified by a high rate of untreated sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
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