Wednesday, May 23, 2012

aidsmap: HIV treatment may be stabilising HIV epidemic in Danish gay men

via aidsmap, by Michael Carter

Excerpt:

Danish safe-sex poster from '89
“While unsafe sex among MSM [men who have sex with men] has increased substantially and the number of HIV-positive MSM living in Denmark has enlarged, the incidence of HIV diagnoses in this population has remained stable for more than a decade,” write the authors. “Our findings indicate that this paradox is due to effective antiretroviral therapy and not increased awareness of safe sex.”


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