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Friday 14 March 2014 | Issue 1217 | starobserver.com.au
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Benjamin Riley
A NEW study has found...
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Friday 14 March 2014 | Issue 1217 | starobserver.com.au
Near-zerotransmissionNational
Benjamin Riley
A NEW study has found HIV-positive gay
men on effective antiretroviral treatment
have a near-zero chance of passing the
virusontoaHIV-negativepartnerduring
unprotected sex, prompting cautious
optimismfromHIVorganisations.
The news comes amid a raft of
positive announcements made around
HIV research during the Conference
on Retroviruses and Opportunistic
Infections(CROI)inBostonlastweek.
The Partner study looked at 282
serodiscordant gay male couples (where
one partner is HIV-positive and one is
HIV-negative) where the HIV-positive
man was on effective antiretroviral
treatmentwithanundetectableviralload
and the couple were having unprotected
anal sex. The study reported no HIV
transmissions in these couples over the
courseofayear.
These results provide enco
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