Heterosexual HIV-1 transmission after initiation of antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort analysis

D Donnell, JM Baeten, J Kiarie, KK Thomas, W Stevens… - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
Summary Background High plasma HIV-1 RNA concentrations are associated with
increased risk of HIV-1 transmission. Initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces plasma …

Heterosexual HIV-1 infectiousness and antiretroviral use: systematic review of prospective studies of discordant couples

RF Baggaley, RG White, TD Hollingsworth… - Epidemiology, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background: Recent studies have estimated the reduction in HIV-1 infectiousness with
antiretroviral therapy (ART), but high-quality studies such as randomized controlled trials …

Estimating the impact of plasma HIV-1 RNA reductions on heterosexual HIV-1 transmission risk

JR Lingappa, JP Hughes, RS Wang, JM Baeten… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background The risk of sexual transmission of HIV-1 is strongly associated with the level of
HIV-1 RNA in plasma making reduction in HIV-1 plasma levels an important target for HIV-1 …

Sexual transmission of HIV according to viral load and antiretroviral therapy: systematic review and meta-analysis

S Attia, M Egger, M Müller, M Zwahlen, N Low - Aids, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To synthesize the evidence on the risk of HIV transmission through unprotected
sexual intercourse according to viral load and treatment with combination antiretroviral …

Impact of small reductions in plasma HIV RNA levels on the risk of heterosexual transmission and disease progression

K Modjarrad, E Chamot, SH Vermund - Aids, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To estimate the impact of small changes in plasma levels of HIV-1 RNA on the risk
of heterosexual transmission or disease progression to an AIDS-defining event or death …

[HTML][HTML] Antiretroviral therapy for the prevention of HIV-1 transmission

MS Cohen, YQ Chen, M McCauley… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background An interim analysis of data from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 052
trial showed that antiretroviral therapy (ART) prevented more than 96% of genetically linked …

HIV transmission risk persists during the first 6 months of antiretroviral therapy

A Mujugira, C Celum, RW Coombs… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) decreases the risk of sexual HIV
transmission by suppressing blood and genital HIV RNA concentrations. We sought to …

[HTML][HTML] The risk of sexual transmission of HIV in individuals with low-level HIV viraemia: a systematic review

LN Broyles, R Luo, D Boeras, L Vojnov - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The risk of sexual transmission of HIV from individuals with low-level HIV
viraemia receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) has important public health implications …

Prevention of HIV-1 infection with early antiretroviral therapy

MS Cohen, YQ Chen, M McCauley… - New England journal …, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Antiretroviral therapy that reduces viral replication could limit the transmission
of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in serodiscordant couples. Methods In nine …

HIV viral load and transmissibility of HIV infection: undetectable equals untransmittable

RW Eisinger, CW Dieffenbach, AS Fauci - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
In 2016, the Prevention Access Campaign, a health equity initiative with the goal of ending
the HIV/AIDS pandemic as well as HIV-related stigma, launched the Undetectable …