AIDS Therapies

Expanding Use of Potent HIV Therapies Will Limit Infections and AIDS Deaths, New Model Shows

Published in AIDS Weekly, February 7th, 2000

Expanding the use of the most potent anti-retroviral drug therapies would help limit new HIV infections and AIDS deaths among gay men in San Francisco, California, over the next 10 years even if drug resistance and dangerous sexual behavior soar, according to a new mathematical model developed by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco.

Increased risky behavior always will cause infection and death rates to rise but, contrary to what some in the field have predicted, the new model projects a consistently better future if advanced anti-retroviral therapy is extended to more HIV infected gay men.

"It's a complex interaction, but a...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2000-02-07)

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