Javier R. Lama

TL;DR: Oral FTC-TDF provided protection against the acquisition of HIV infection among the subjects and Detectable blood levels strongly correlated with the prophylactic effect.

TL;DR: This cell-mediated immunity vaccine did not prevent HIV-1 infection or reduce early viral level and Mechanisms for insufficient efficacy of the vaccine and the increased HIV- 1 infection rates in subgroups of vaccine recipients are being explored.

TL;DR: PrEP using oral FTC-TDF tablets is a robust intervention for preventing HIV acquisition among men who have sex with men, and specific drug concentrations associated with protection from HIV-1 acquisition in the iPrEx trial are estimated.

TL;DR: In persons with CD4+ T-cell counts of less than 50 per cubic millimeter, earlier ART was associated with a lower rate of new AIDS-defining illnesses and death, as compared with later ART.

TL;DR: The broad balance in transmission contexts suggests that education about risk, careful assessment, pre-exposure prophylaxis, more frequent testing, earlier treatment, and risk-reduction, disclosure, and adherence counseling may all contribute substantially to reducing the HIV incidence among MSM in the US and Peru.