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Author Topic: CROI2015:No HIV transmissions from HIV-positive partner seen in Australian study  (Read 4080 times)

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Offline Dr.Strangelove

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Opposites Attract

I'm a bit surprised the results of this study from CROI2015 haven't been mentioned on these forums, yet. (Sorry, if I missed them and this is a duplicate post)
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No HIV transmissions from HIV-positive partner seen in Australian gay couples study

An Australian-based study of gay male couples of opposite HIV status (serodifferent couples) has so far seen no transmissions from the HIV-positive partner within the couple in a two-year interim analysis.

The Opposites Attract study started recruiting in May 2012. It recruits gay male serodifferent couples regardless of whether the HIV-positive partner is on antiretroviral therapy (ART) or has an undetectable viral load, and also regardless of whether or not they use condoms. It is now recruiting not only in the three Australian cities mentioned (Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne) but also in Cairns, Australia and (from 2014) in Bangkok, Thailand and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Full article at namAIDSmap: No HIV transmissions from HIV-positive partner seen in Australian gay couples study

I was very happy to read about this. Even though the reported results are not final (the study will run for at least another year), it's nice to see that besides the PARTNER Study there is another study with the same objective coming to the the same conclusions.

Offline Jeff G

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The study seems to just throw out statistics that can’t really be interpreted into anything meaningful at this point .

From the study … Because of the relatively small numbers of couples so far enrolled and of condomless sex acts seen, even though there have been no transmissions seen, the researchers have to state the degree of uncertainty of their findings, because no transmission is not necessarily the same as zero chance of transmission.
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