{"id":20809,"date":"2013-02-01T11:36:45","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T11:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/?p=20809"},"modified":"2013-02-07T08:14:46","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T08:14:46","slug":"uk-group-describe-risk-of-hiv-transmission-for-people-on-effective-art-as-extremely-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/20809","title":{"rendered":"UK group describe risk of HIV transmission for people on effective ART as &#8220;extremely low&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA) recently issued a position statement on the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) by HIV positive individuals to reduce HIV transmission.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The statement cites the HPTN 052 trial &#8211; that showed 96% reduction in transmission of HIV through vaginal sex &#8211; and notes that successful ART use by the HIV positive person is as effective as consistent condom use in limiting transmission.<\/p>\n<p>It stresses that this is provided the following conditions are fulfilled: absence of other STIs in both partners; the HIV positive person has sustained viral suppression below 50 copies\/mL for over 6 months and regular viral load testing (3-4 monthly) is performed.<\/p>\n<p>Published data are largely from heterosexual couples and there is insufficient evidence to conclude that ART offers similar levels of protection with other sexual practices &#8211; including unprotected anal intercourse (whether heterosexual or gay\/MSM). The statement gives expert opinion that an &#8220;extremely low risk&#8221; of transmission can be anticipated where the conditions described above are met.<\/p>\n<p>Health care professionals are recommended to discuss the impact of ART on transmission with HIV positive people as well as the possibility of starting ART for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Reference:<\/p>\n<p>Fidler S et al. Position statement on the use of antiretroviral therapy to reduce HIV transmission January 2013. The British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp.dh.gov.uk\/publications\/files\/2013\/01\/BHIVA-EAGA-Position-statement-on-the-use-of-antiretroviral-therapy-to-reduce-HIV-transmission-final.pdf\">https:\/\/www.wp.dh.gov.uk\/publications\/files\/2013\/01\/BHIVA-EAGA-Position-statement-on-the-use-of-antiretroviral-therapy-to-reduce-HIV-transmission-final.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA) recently issued a position statement on the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) by HIV positive individuals to reduce HIV transmission. The statement cites the HPTN 052 trial &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transmission-and-prevention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}