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Carl W. Dieffenbach, PhD; Anthony S. Fauci, MD

JAMA. 2009;301(22):2380-2382.

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Antiretroviral therapy (ART) can suppress the level of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viremia (or "viral load") to undetectable levels in the plasma of a substantial proportion of individuals infected with HIV and has greatly reduced HIV-related morbidity and mortality.¹ In addition, the efficiency of HIV transmission is directly proportional to the viral load in the transmitting individual.² Given the dramatic effect of ART on viral load, it is reasonable to consider using treatment of individuals infected with HIV as a means of preventing HIV transmission. The notion of treating individuals who are infected in the general population as a means of controlling the HIV/AIDS pandemic by decreasing the rate of HIV transmission—and thus lessening the societal spread of HIV—is not new.³

A recent modeling study by Granich et al⁴ reaches provocative conclusions and provides the theoretical basis for a new and potentially . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Author Affiliations: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

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