Can We Treat Our Way Out of HIV?

"The timing of the interest in a test and treat strategy and this first foray into exploring its potential implementation come at a critical juncture in the history of HIV/AIDS in the United States, where recent data from the CDC indicate that the prevalence and incidence of HIV are considerably higher than had previously been thought, and the Obama administration is currently developing a National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) whose three primary goals are reducing HIV incidence, increasing access to care, and reducing HIV-related health disparities. Indeed, the test and treat strategy is possibly unique in its direct relevance to all three main goals of the NHAS."

Read more in
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, January 7, 2010.