HIV i-Base: New study predicts that PrEP efficacy in men is driven by drug levels in cells: matching earlier results in women

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A new modelling study, published as an open-access paper in Nature Communications, provides further evidence that the efficacy of oral PrEP is driven by drug levels in immune cells (PBMCs), rather than levels in blood, genital or rectal tissue.

These results directly affect the practical advice about adherence and how often different people need to take PrEP, supporting recent UK guidelines.

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Source : HIV i-Base

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