Can laboratory HIV and infectious syphilis data inform future pre-exposure prophylaxis use in women in Ontario, Canada?
Conclusion
Although it is clinically appropriate to recommend HIV PrEP to women with syphilis, Ontario surveillance data suggest that the population-level impact of this strategy on the HIV epidemic in Ontario would have been modest during this 11-year period. Future studies should explore additional ways of prioritising women for PrEP.
Source: Sexually Transmitted Infections - Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Sadeghi, Y., Nelson, P., Sullivan, A., Allen, V., Hasso, M., Liu, J., Tran, V., Tan, D. H. S. Tags: Open access Short reports Source Type: research
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