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HIV/AIDS
Findings in HIV/AIDS reported from World Health Organization
February 3rd, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Lancet, " Roughly 3 million people worldwide were receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the end of 2007, but an estimated 6.7 million were still in need of treatment and a further 2.7 million became infected with HIV in 2007. Prevention efforts might reduce HIV incidence but are unlikely to eliminate this disease." "We investigated a theoretical strategy of universal voluntary HIV testing and immediate treatment with ART, and examined the conditions under which the HIV epidemic could be driven towards elimination. We used mathematical models to explore the effect on the case reproduction number...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-03)
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