Source: AIDSmap
“A study of HIV transmission between long-term, HIV-serodiscordant heterosexual couples in Africa has found that the chance of transmission is reduced by at least 90% if the HIV-positive partner is on antiretroviral therapy.
As a comparison, this is better than the efficacy of 100% attempted condom use, which is in the order of 85% (with a high margin of uncertainty).
There was one transmission from a partner who was taking HIV therapy, however, and presenter Deborah Donnell said that this indicated that the advice to serodiscordant couples that they should maintain safer sex should not change, even when the HIV-positive partner was on treatment.”
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