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. 2015 Nov 15;61(10):1601-3.
doi: 10.1093/cid/civ778. Epub 2015 Sep 1.

No New HIV Infections With Increasing Use of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis in a Clinical Practice Setting

Jonathan E Volk  1 , Julia L Marcus  2 , Tony Phengrasamy  1 , Derek Blechinger  1 , Dong Phuong Nguyen  1 , Stephen Follansbee  1 , C Bradley Hare  1
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No New HIV Infections With Increasing Use of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis in a Clinical Practice Setting

Jonathan E Volk et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Referrals for and initiation of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection increased dramatically in a large clinical practice setting since 2012. Despite high rates of sexually transmitted infections among PrEP users and reported decreases in condom use in a subset, there were no new HIV infections in this population.

Keywords: HIV; behavioral disinhibition; men who have sex with men; preexposure prophylaxis; sexually transmitted infections.

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Figure 1.
Human immunodeficiency virus preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) referrals, intakes, and initiation by month at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco, July 2012–February 2015. The graph includes a total of 1045 referrals, 835 intakes, and 677 initiations, including 20 individuals who restarted PrEP after discontinuing during the study period.
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