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Durability of viral suppression with first-line antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV in the UK: an observational cohort study

Jemma L O'Connor, +113 more
- 01 Jul 2017 - 
- Vol. 4, Iss: 7
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For HIV-positive men who have sex with men, the estimates suggest that the probability of first viral rebound reaches a plateau of 1·4% per year after 45 years of age, and 1·0% when accounting for the fact that 29% of viral rebounds are temporary elevations.
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This article is published in The Lancet HIV.The article was published on 2017-07-01 and is currently open access. It has received 48 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Viral load.

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Risk of HIV transmission through condomless sex in serodifferent gay couples with the HIV-positive partner taking suppressive antiretroviral therapy (PARTNER): final results of a multicentre, prospective, observational study

Alison Rodger, +168 more
- 15 Jun 2019 - 
TL;DR: The results suggest that the risk of HIV transmission in gay couples through condomless sex when HIV viral load is suppressed is effectively zero, which supports the message of the U=U (undetectable equals untransmittable) campaign, and the benefits of early testing and treatment for HIV.
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Declining Morbidity and Mortality among Patients with Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

TL;DR: A study was conducted to evaluate the impact of protease inhibitors on the rates of selected opportunistic processes and mortality in patients with AIDS and found similar results.
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Prevention of HIV-1 infection with early antiretroviral therapy

TL;DR: The exciting evidence generated by this paper – that antiretroviral treatment of HIV-1 infection definitively reduces the risk of onward transmission of the virus by 96% – was rightly dubbed Science magazine's ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ in 2011.
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