Effect of Universal Testing and Treatment on HIV Incidence — HPTN 071 (PopART)

HIV treatment has benefits to the patient, but does it decrease community HIV transmission as well? In this community-randomized trial in Zambia and South Africa, universal HIV testing with linkage to care and antiretroviral treatment according to local guidelines decreased HIV incidence.

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2019-07, Vol.381 (3), p.207-218
Hauptverfasser: Hayes, Richard J, Donnell, Deborah, Floyd, Sian, Mandla, Nomtha, Bwalya, Justin, Sabapathy, Kalpana, Yang, Blia, Phiri, Mwelwa, Schaap, Ab, Eshleman, Susan H, Piwowar-Manning, Estelle, Kosloff, Barry, James, Anelet, Skalland, Timothy, Wilson, Ethan, Emel, Lynda, Macleod, David, Dunbar, Rory, Simwinga, Musonda, Makola, Nozizwe, Bond, Virginia, Hoddinott, Graeme, Moore, Ayana, Griffith, Sam, Deshmane Sista, Nirupama, Vermund, Sten H, El-Sadr, Wafaa, Burns, David N, Hargreaves, James R, Hauck, Katharina, Fraser, Christophe, Shanaube, Kwame, Bock, Peter, Beyers, Nulda, Ayles, Helen, Fidler, Sarah
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Zusammenfassung:HIV treatment has benefits to the patient, but does it decrease community HIV transmission as well? In this community-randomized trial in Zambia and South Africa, universal HIV testing with linkage to care and antiretroviral treatment according to local guidelines decreased HIV incidence.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1814556