Associations between sexual partner number and HIV risk behaviors: implications for HIV prevention efforts in a Treatment as Prevention (TasP) environment
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Treatment as prevention (TasP) for HIV
When adhered to consistently, ART can reduce the HIV viral load in an individual’s blood, semen, vaginal fluid and rectal fluid to such a low level that blood tests can’t detect it.1 This is described as an 'undetectable' viral load or viral suppression. In these circumstances, as long as someone’s viral load remains undetectable, their health will not be affected by HIV and they cannot transmi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: AIDS Care
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0954-0121,1360-0451
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1454583