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Individual HIV Risk versus Population Impact of Risk Compensation after HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Initiation among Men Who Have Sex with Men.

Samuel M JennessAkshay SharmaSteven M GoodreauEli S RosenbergKevin M WeissKaren W HooverDawn K SmithPatrick Sullivan
Published in: PloS one (2017)
RC is unlikely to decrease the prevention impact of PrEP, and in some cases RC may be counterintuitively beneficial at the population level. This depended on PrEP uptake scaling with behavioral indications. Due to the increased acquisition risk associated with RC, however, clinicians should continue to support PrEP as a supplement rather than replacement of condoms.
Keyphrases
  • men who have sex with men
  • hiv testing
  • hiv positive
  • antiretroviral therapy
  • hiv infected
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • hepatitis c virus
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