High Demand For Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) For Consensual Sex Exposure Suggests A Need For Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP) In Uganda
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Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
In 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Truvada to be used as PrEP by HIV negative people who are at high risk of sexually acquired HIV infection. The US Centre for Disease Control has since developed guidelines and recommended PrEP be used by people at high risk of HIV acquisition via sexual transmission or injection drug use (http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/prevention/research/prep/).
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Value in Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1098-3015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2016.09.1573