Intermittent Prophylaxis with Oral Truvada Protects Macaques from Rectal SHIV Infection
- 13 January 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science Translational Medicine
- Vol. 2 (14), 14ra4
- https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.3000391
Abstract
Treating monkeys with single doses of an antiretroviral drug before and after exposure to SHIV provides protection against infection, a schedule that may prove practical in humans.Keywords
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