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Review
. 2020 Sep 1;34(11):1683-1686.
doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002612.

What we talk about when we talk about durable viral suppression

Karen Diepstra  1 , Haidong Lu  1 , Kathleen A McManus  2 , Elizabeth T Rogawski McQuade  2   3 , Anne G Rhodes  4 , Daniel Westreich  1
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Review

What we talk about when we talk about durable viral suppression

Karen Diepstra et al. AIDS. .

Abstract

: As policies built on 'Undetectable = Untransmittable' become more popular, use of durable viral suppression (DVS) as an outcome in analyses is increasing. We identified a case series of recent HIV-related publications that study the DVS outcome. The majority did not distinguish between a definition of DVS and the operationalization of that definition. Clearer discussion of DVS, including a formal definition, is needed to ensure better comparability across studies and ultimately better public health outcomes.

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