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"