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14 May 2011

BIG NEWS: Transmission Risk Reduced By 96%, Study Results Show

via Kaiser Family Foundation

Results from a multicountry clinical trial, sponsored by the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), show that HIV-positive people who take combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) can reduce the risk of transmitting the virus to their HIV-negative partners by 96 percent, U.S. researchers announced on Thursday "[i]n what is being hailed as a breakthrough in HIV prevention," the Los Angeles Times reports (Maugh, 5/13).

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