Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention: Why, What, Who and How.

Olubanke DaviesAndrew UstianowskiJulie M Fox

Published in: Infectious diseases and therapy (2016)

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) offers a promising new approach to HIV prevention. It is protective against HIV infection across populations and has few significant safety risks and little evidence of behavioural risk compensation. This article summarises the evidence behind HIV PrEP as an intervention, populations that may benefit, current guidelines and programmes, and the cost-effectiveness modelling of this strategy.

Keyphrases

men who have sex with men
antiretroviral therapy
hiv testing
hiv positive
hiv infected
randomized controlled trial
human immunodeficiency virus
hepatitis c virus
hiv aids
risk assessment