Introduction HIV is a unique sexually transmitted infection (STI) that is greatly affected by
other concomitant “classical” bacterial and viral STI s that cause genital ulcers and/or …

More than 42 million people worldwide are now infected with HIV, in spite of sustained
prevention activities. Although the spread of HIV has been primarily sexual, epidemiological …

Après avoir pris connaissance des faits scientifiques, à la demande de la Commission
d'experts clinique et thérapie VIH et sida (CCT) de l'Office fédéral de la santé publique …

Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been shown to be highly effective in
reducing plasma levels of HIV RNA; therefore, these treatments could diminish the risk of …

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has the potential to prevent human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) transmission by reducing the concentration of HIV in blood and genital secretions …

The ultimate success of strategies to prevent sexual transmission of HIV depends, in part, on
a better understanding of the virological and immunological mechanisms that define sexual …

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has prolonged and improved the lives of persons infected with
HIV. Theoretically, it can also be used to prevent the transmission of HIV. The pharmacology …

Objective To estimate the risk and probability of heterosexual transmission of HIV-1 from
infected people taking combined antiretroviral treatment. Design Cross sectional and …

The majority of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in the world are sexually
transmitted and quantities of HIV in genital fluids are an important transmission risk …

1British HIV Association (BHIVA), BHIVA Secretariat, Mediscript Ltd, 1 Mountview Court, 310
Friern Barnet Lane, London N20 OLD, 2British Association for Sexual Health and HIV …