HIV is sexually untransmittable when viral load is undetectable

Affiliations

¹ The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa; Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa. Electronic address: linda-gail.bekker@hiv-research.org.za.
² The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa; Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa; University of Cape Town-South African Medical Research Council Extramural Research Unit on Intersection of Noncommunicable Diseases and Infectious Diseases, Cape Town, South Africa.

Comment

Linda-Gail Bekker et al. Lancet. 2023.

. 2023 Aug 5;402(10400):428-429.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01519-2. Epub 2023 Jul 22.

¹ The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa; Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa. Electronic address: linda-gail.bekker@hiv-research.org.za.
² The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa; Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa; University of Cape Town-South African Medical Research Council Extramural Research Unit on Intersection of Noncommunicable Diseases and Infectious Diseases, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Conflict of interest statement

L-GB reports personal fees from Merck, ViiV Healthcare, and Gilead Sciences outside the submitted work. PS and NABN declare no competing interests.

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