Overview of HIV Prevention
Summary
- Available data suggest that interventions designed to suppress or control STDs are unlikely to significantly decrease HIV transmission
- Data on whether routine treatment of bacterial STDs reduces HIV incidence are conflicting[Grosskurth 1995; Wawer 1999]
- Evidence suggests HSV-2 infection is an important risk factor for HIV acquisition, but studies have failed to show that suppressing HSV-2 with acyclovir reduces HIV susceptibility or infectiousness[Freeman 2006; Mugwanya 2011; Roxby 2012; Drake 2012; Celum 2008; Watson-Jones 2008; Celum 2010]
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