How to put skids under HIV
21 July 2015 - 02:05
South Africans with HIV should be put on treatment immediately when they are diagnosed with the virus to drastically reduce the risk of infecting others. The final results of the HPTN 052 study were released last night at the 2015 International Aids Conference in Vancouver, Canada.The study included a number of HIV-positive South Africans and showed that being on treatment led to a 93 % less chance of transmitting the virus to an HIV-negative partner.
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