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Author Topic: International study of gay couples reports no transmissions from an HIV-positive  (Read 2912 times)

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Offline awakening

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The Opposites Attract study has reaffirmed what the Partner study proved: HIV+ people with undectable viral loads do NOT transmit the virus. If there were any doubt from the Partner study about the applicability to gay men this study which focused exclusively on gay men solidifies the evidence.

http://www.aidsmap.com/page/3159603/

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At a press conference the previous day on viral load and infectiousness, Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases, said: “Scientists never like to use the word “Never” of a possible risk.

“But I think in this case we can say that the risk of transmission from an HIV-positive person who takes treatment and has an undetectable viral load may be so low as to be unmeasurable, and that’s equivalent to saying they are uninfectious. It’s an unusual situation when the overwhelming evidence base in science allows us to be confident that what we are saying is fact.”
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5/14/18: Switch to Juluca (DTG+RPV)
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7/25/18: Undetected, CD4 - 632 (38%)
1/22/19: VL<20

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No surprise at the results to be honest.

Here is a link to the IAS 2017 abstract.
http://programme.ias2017.org/Abstract/Abstract/5469

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Offline next2u

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thank you for sharing this. to this day i still get questions from people in the health community (mental health services) about my serodiscordant relationship. i have to let them know what my id dr says and what other studies have said.

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Offline InRecovery

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I'm still too paranoid about dating someone who is negative. I guess I'll always feel that way. It's probably just because I was diagnosed at a time in history when things were so much more scary.

 


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