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http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/health/hiv-zero-transmission-prevention-vaccine-study/index.html
(CNN)The evidence is in and the message is clear: When someone is HIV positive, taking regular treatment can pretty much zero their chance of spreading the infection to others during sex.
Sexual transmission of HIV is negligible when someone is on treatment, whether they're in a heterosexual or homosexual relationship, according to results from previous studies and now a large-scale study of homosexual men, presented at the ninth International AIDS Conference on HIV Science in Paris on Tuesday.
HIV experts emphasized this aspect of prevention, highlighting the "Undetectable equals Untransmissible" campaign, during a press conference at the international meeting. The campaign works to encourage people worldwide to stay on treatment by ensuring they understand that doing so could mean they cannot infect others.
This message is not aligned with the status quo in terms of the care people infected with HIV receive today, believes Bruce Richman, founder and executive director of Prevention Access Campaign and the "Undetectable = Untransmittable" initiative. "This is transmission-stopping information," he said.
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THIS IS WHERE IT GOT INTERESTING
The couples participating reported having sex almost 17,000 times without condoms between them over four years, and none of those times resulted in new infections.
"There was not a single linked HIV infection in these couples," said Andrew Grulich, professor of epidemiology at the University of New South Wales in Australia, who led the study. "Nobody became infected from their partner."
Three new infections were discovered during the trial, but analysis of the virus showed they had come from sex outside of the relationships, not from the person on treatment within the couple.
Sex without a condom is not necessarily advised, however, to prevent risk of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). "This (group) had very high STIs," Grulich told CNN, adding that 20% of the men in the trial developed STIs each year, yet there were zero HIV infections.
Approximately 10% of men had STIs associated with anal sex, which experts had previously thought aided HIV transmission, Gulich said.
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I found it interesting that the disease most feared which is HIV out of 17,000 people none were infected but other sexually transmitted diseases were.....just something to ponder.
Also, it is widely known that those not on treatment and unaware of their status have a higher transmission rate.
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This article in relation to the Criminalization of HIV is supported of placing the burden on prosecutors to prove that a person tried to intentional give their partner HIV if the HIV positive person routinely goes to their physician, takes their medication to maintain an undetectable viral load, utilizes a condom, and HIV was not transmitted. Yet, we all know states are not going to change their laws because nobody fears Hepatitis, Herpes, or other STIs....(heavy sarcasm)
(CNN)The evidence is in and the message is clear: When someone is HIV positive, taking regular treatment can pretty much zero their chance of spreading the infection to others during sex.
Sexual transmission of HIV is negligible when someone is on treatment, whether they're in a heterosexual or homosexual relationship, according to results from previous studies and now a large-scale study of homosexual men, presented at the ninth International AIDS Conference on HIV Science in Paris on Tuesday.
HIV experts emphasized this aspect of prevention, highlighting the "Undetectable equals Untransmissible" campaign, during a press conference at the international meeting. The campaign works to encourage people worldwide to stay on treatment by ensuring they understand that doing so could mean they cannot infect others.
This message is not aligned with the status quo in terms of the care people infected with HIV receive today, believes Bruce Richman, founder and executive director of Prevention Access Campaign and the "Undetectable = Untransmittable" initiative. "This is transmission-stopping information," he said.
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THIS IS WHERE IT GOT INTERESTING
The couples participating reported having sex almost 17,000 times without condoms between them over four years, and none of those times resulted in new infections.
"There was not a single linked HIV infection in these couples," said Andrew Grulich, professor of epidemiology at the University of New South Wales in Australia, who led the study. "Nobody became infected from their partner."
Three new infections were discovered during the trial, but analysis of the virus showed they had come from sex outside of the relationships, not from the person on treatment within the couple.
Sex without a condom is not necessarily advised, however, to prevent risk of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). "This (group) had very high STIs," Grulich told CNN, adding that 20% of the men in the trial developed STIs each year, yet there were zero HIV infections.
Approximately 10% of men had STIs associated with anal sex, which experts had previously thought aided HIV transmission, Gulich said.
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I found it interesting that the disease most feared which is HIV out of 17,000 people none were infected but other sexually transmitted diseases were.....just something to ponder.
Also, it is widely known that those not on treatment and unaware of their status have a higher transmission rate.
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This article in relation to the Criminalization of HIV is supported of placing the burden on prosecutors to prove that a person tried to intentional give their partner HIV if the HIV positive person routinely goes to their physician, takes their medication to maintain an undetectable viral load, utilizes a condom, and HIV was not transmitted. Yet, we all know states are not going to change their laws because nobody fears Hepatitis, Herpes, or other STIs....(heavy sarcasm)