HIV risk cut with prophylactic antiretrovirals
12th July 2012
Giving prophylactic antiretroviral drugs to heterosexuals with an HIV positive partner can reduce their risk of contracting the disease by up to three-quarters, a study finds.
The research looked at the effects of antiretrovirals in more than 4700 men and women in Uganda and Kenya who were in relationships with partners with type 1 HIV but who were not themselves infected.
It found that daily tenofovir reduced the risk of contracting type 1 HIV by 67% and combination tenofovir