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Early use of antiretroviral drugs found to reduce spread of Aids

Clinical trial results hailed as 'an extremely important breakthrough' in HIV prevention, reports BILL CORCORAN in Cape Town.

24 May 2011

Early use of antiretroviral drugs found to reduce spread of Aids

The early treatment of HIV positive people with antiretrovirals (ARVs), a combination of drugs designed to control the virus, reduces the transmission rate via sexual activity by 96%, an international clinic trial has found. Read on.

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