Prevention of HIV-1 infection with early antiretroviral therapy.

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Published in N Engl J Med on July 18, 2011

Authors

Myron S Cohen1, Ying Q Chen, Marybeth McCauley, Theresa Gamble, Mina C Hosseinipour, Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, James G Hakim, Johnstone Kumwenda, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Jose H S Pilotto, Sheela V Godbole, Sanjay Mehendale, Suwat Chariyalertsak, Breno R Santos, Kenneth H Mayer, Irving F Hoffman, Susan H Eshleman, Estelle Piwowar-Manning, Lei Wang, Joseph Makhema, Lisa A Mills, Guy de Bruyn, Ian Sanne, Joseph Eron, Joel Gallant, Diane Havlir, Susan Swindells, Heather Ribaudo, Vanessa Elharrar, David Burns, Taha E Taha, Karin Nielsen-Saines, David Celentano, Max Essex, Thomas R Fleming, HPTN 052 Study Team

Author Affiliations

1: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Suite 2115, Bioinformatics Bldg., 130 Mason Farm Rd., CB 7030, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. mscohen@med.unc.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Preventing Sexual Transmission of HIV With Anti-HIV Drugs | NCT00074581

Same-day ART Initiation Versus Standard of Care After Positive HIV-test Result in Rural Lesotho (CASCADE) | NCT02692027

Cooperative Re-Engagement Controlled Trial (CoRECT) (CoRECT) | NCT02693145

Substance Use Disorders in HIV People of Cameroon | NCT02356185

"Switch Either Near Suppression Or THOusand" (SESOTHO) | NCT03088241

The Effectiveness of SMS in Improving Antiretroviral Medication Adherence Among Adolescents Living With HIV in Nigeria (STARTA) | NCT03394391

HIV Awal (Early) Testing & Treatment Indonesia Project Observational Phase | NCT03429842

Information Visualizations to Facilitate HIV-related Patient-provider Communication in New York City (Info Viz: HIV-NYC) | NCT04102540

Rapid Reinitiation of a Single Tablet Antiretroviral Therapy Using Symtuza® in HIV-1 Infected Treatment-Experienced Patients Off Therapy. (ReSTART) (ReSTART) | NCT04388904

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