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There is increasing evidence that HIV-positive people who consistently take HIV antiretroviral treatment and are virally suppressed do not transmit the virus to their sex partners, even during condomless anal sex (Rodger et al., 2016); hence, “treatment as prevention.”
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Meunier, É., Escoffier, J. & Siegel, K. Rethinking Risks and Interventions Beyond HIV: The Importance of Contextualizing Collective Sex. Arch Sex Behav 48, 51–56 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1214-7
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