Study suggests additional benefits to HIV-prevention therapy
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A new study suggests just how cost-effective this intervention -- known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP -- could be in
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Previous studies have found that a daily dose of Truvada, a
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Putting gay men on preventative therapy could have the added benefit of bringing them into contact with the health care system, meaning they are more likely to be tested regularly for HIV and to have other health issues diagnosed and-or attended to, said one of the paper's authors, Dr.
Of the estimated 57,400 gay men living in
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"This study makes a strong argument for public reimbursement of this drug," said
Keywords for this news article include: Therapy, HIV/AIDS, RNA Viruses, Epidemiology, Retroviridae, HIV Infections, Vertebrate Viruses, Risk and Prevention, Primate Lentiviruses,
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