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Beyond risk compensation : clusters of antiretroviral treatment (ART) users in sexual networks can modify the impact of ART on HIV incidence

Delva, Wim; Helleringer, Stephane (Public Library of Science, 2016)

Introduction: Concerns about risk compensation—increased risk behaviours in response to a perception of reduced HIV transmission risk—after the initiation of ART have largely been dispelled in empirical studies, but ...

The effect of sexually transmitted co-infections on HIV viral load amongst individuals on antiretroviral therapy : a systematic review and meta-analysis

Champredon, David; Bellan, Steven E.; Delva, Wim; Hunt, Spencer; Shi, Chyun-Fung; Smieja, Marek; Dushoff, Jonathan (BioMed Central, 2015-06)

Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) markedly reduces HIV transmission, and testing and treatment programs have been advocated as a method for decreasing transmission at the population level. Little is known, ...

HIV treatment as prevention : debate and commentary : will early infection compromise treatment-as-prevention strategies?

Cohen, Myron S.; Dye, Christopher; Fraser, Christophe; Miller, William C.; Powers, Kimberly A.; Williams, Brian G. (Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2012-07)

Universal HIV testing and immediate antiretroviral therapy for infected individuals has been proposed as a way of reducing the transmission of HIV and thereby bringing the HIV epidemic under control. It is unclear whether ...

HIV treatment as prevention : optimising the impact of expanded HIV treatment programmes

Delva, Wim; Eaton, Jeffrey W.; Meng, Fei; Fraser, Christophe; White, Richard G.; Vickerman, Peter; Boily, Marie-Claude; Hallett, Timothy B. (Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2012-07)

Until now, decisions about how to allocate ART have largely been based on maximising the therapeutic benefit of ART for patients. Since the results of the HPTN 052 study showed efficacy of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in ...