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HIV PrEP
Published 7 years, 1 month ago
Description
According to the CDC, 1 in 8 of the 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United States are unaware of their HIV status and only half of those known to be infected are receiving effective anti-retroviral therapy. The combination pill tenofovir/emtricitabine has been FDA approved for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). In this podcast will review the current state of PrEP therapy. (Reference: HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, a review: JAMA, 2018.)