Existing antiretroviral drugs may thwart vaginal HIV transmission, researchers report

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Dr. J. Victor Garcia-Martinez led research showing that anti-retroviral drugs given daily before and after exposure to HIV can prevent vaginal transmission of the virus that causes AIDS. Worldwide the vast majority of newly acquired HIV infections oc ...
Dr. J. Victor Garcia-Martinez led research showing that anti-retroviral drugs given daily before and after exposure to HIV can prevent vaginal transmission of the virus that causes AIDS. Worldwide, the vast majority of newly acquired HIV infections occur through unprotected vaginal sex with an infected partner. Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center

Prescription drugs now used to treat human immunodeficiency virus infection in adults may prevent the vaginal transmission of HIV, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.


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