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Breakthrough in AIDS fight: Drugs radically reduce transmission of virus
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| Last Edited | COSDem May 12, 2011 07:24pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Tribune |
| News Date | Friday, May 13, 2011 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | n what is being hailed as a landmark breakthrough in HIV prevention, a new study has shown that giving anti-AIDS drugs to HIV-positive people can reduce the transmission of the virus to spouses and partners by 96%, U.S. researchers said Thursday.
Though some uncontrolled studies of populations had previously suggested that treatment of patients with antiretroviral drugs could slow transmission of the virus, the new results announced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases represent the first large clinical trial to confirm those suggestions — and they showed that the drugs are unexpectedly effective. |
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