Use of antiretrovirals for HIV prevention: What do we know and what don't we know?

Current HIV/AIDS Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 142-151

  Baeten, Jared M ^a   Grant, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral medications; Chemoprophylaxis; Global epidemic; HIV prevention; HIV AIDS; Pre exposure prophylaxis (PrEP); Sexual HIV transmission

Indexed keywords

EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIC; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREEXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADENINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHEMOPREVENTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; ORGANOPHOSPHONATES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84880246959     PISSN: 15483568     EISSN: 15483576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11904-013-0157-9     Document Type: Article

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