Use of antiretroviral therapy in households and risk of HIV acquisition in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2004–12: a prospective cohort study

Background: Studies of HIV-serodiscordant couples in stable sexual relationships have provided convincing evidence that antiretroviral therapy can prevent the transmission of HIV. We aimed to quantify the preventive effect of a public-sector HIV treatment and care programme based in a community with...

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Main Authors: Alain Vandormael, MS, Prof. Marie-Louise Newell, PhD, Till Bärnighausen, MD, Prof. Frank Tanser, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-04-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X1470018X