Sunday, July 24, 2011
Study: Meds highly effective against HIV infection
In a result that may change approaches to HIV prevention in Africa, an international study has shown that individuals at high risk for HIV infection who took a daily tablet containing an HIV medication—either the antiretroviral medication tenofovir TDF or tenofovir in combination with emtricitabine FTC/TDF —experienced significantly fewer HIV infections than those who received a placebo pill, according to a press release from the University of Washington International Clinical Research Center.
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