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=
Untransmittable (U= U) initiative. 1 U= U signifies that individuals with HIV who receive
antiretroviral therapy (ART) and have achieved and maintained an undetectable viral load
cannot sexually transmit the virus to others. This concept, based on strong scientific
evidence, has broad implications for treatment of HIV infection from a scientific and public …
the HIV/AIDS pandemic as well as HIV-related stigma, launched the Undetectable=
Untransmittable (U= U) initiative. 1 U= U signifies that individuals with HIV who receive
antiretroviral therapy (ART) and have achieved and maintained an undetectable viral load
cannot sexually transmit the virus to others. This concept, based on strong scientific
evidence, has broad implications for treatment of HIV infection from a scientific and public …