ART Expansion in British Columbia Linked to Broad Health and Prevention Benefits

In an updated analysis, expanded antiretroviral therapy use was followed by improved clinical outcomes and a decrease in the number of new HIV diagnoses.

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves clinical outcomes and decreases the likelihood of HIV transmission at the individual level. However, data supporting the latter benefit in a sustained manner at the population level are still limited.

Now, investigators in British Columbia, Canada, have used province-wide registries of key HIV-related laboratory data, ART use, clinical events (including AIDS incidence and death), and new HIV diagnoses from 1996 to 2011 to update their earlier study on this topic (NEJM JW AIDS Clin Care Aug 2 2010). They developed Poisson regression models to estimate the number of patients on ART, the proportion with virologic suppression, and estimated HIV incidence. In British Columbia, access to diagnosis and treatmen…

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Keith Henry, MD

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Keith Henry, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardViiV Advisory Board

Editorial BoardsJAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

ART Expansion in British Columbia Linked to Broad Health and Prevention Benefits

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