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3 . 2016

Antiretroviral therapy as a method of preventing HIV infection

AbstractWith the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV infection is passed into a therapeutically controlled diseases. Despite this, there is a deterioration in the epidemiology of HIV infection worldwide. Antiretroviral therapy results in a significant reduction in the risk of sexual transmission of HIV. Start ART after diagnosis "HIV-infection" could significantly affect the growth of the epidemic. In addition, early ART reduces the incidence of opportunistic infections and mortality among HIV-infected. The improvement of the epidemiological situation of HIV infection will reduce the economic and social damage caused by this disease. In this literature review, we will consider the evidence regarding the issue of "treatment as prevention".

Keywords:HIV infection, early ART, treatment as prevention, "test and treat"

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CHIEF EDITOR
CHIEF EDITOR
Aleksandr V. Gorelov
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Head of Infection Diseases and Epidemiology Department of the Scientific and Educational Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.A. Semashko ofRussian University of Medicine, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Childhood Diseases, Clinical Institute of Children's Health named after N.F. Filatov, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director for Research, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Rospotrebnadzor (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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