Effect of Universal Testing and Treatment on HIV Incidence — HPTN 071 (PopART)

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 381; no. 3; pp. 207 - 218
• Main Authors: Hayes, Richard J, Donnell, Deborah, Floyd, Sian, Mandla, Nomtha, Bwalya, Justin, Sabapathy, Kalpana, Yang, Blia, Phiri, Mwelwa, Schaap, Ab, Eshleman, Susan H, Piwowar-Manning, Estelle, Kosloff, Barry, James, Anelet, Skalland, Timothy, Wilson, Ethan, Emel, Lynda, Macleod, David, Dunbar, Rory, Simwinga, Musonda, Makola, Nozizwe, Bond, Virginia, Hoddinott, Graeme, Moore, Ayana, Griffith, Sam, Deshmane Sista, Nirupama, Vermund, Sten H, El-Sadr, Wafaa, Burns, David N, Hargreaves, James R, Hauck, Katharina, Fraser, Christophe, Shanaube, Kwame, Bock, Peter, Beyers, Nulda, Ayles, Helen, Fidler, Sarah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 18.07.2019
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adolescent; Adult; AIDS; Allergies; Anti-Retroviral Agents - therapeutic use; Antiretroviral drugs; Antiretroviral therapy; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Female; HIV; HIV Infections - diagnosis; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - prevention & control; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Incidence; Infectious diseases; Male; Mass Drug Administration; Mass Screening; Prevalence; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; South Africa - epidemiology; Viral Load; Workers; Young Adult; Zambia - epidemiology; South Africa; Zambia; United States > US
• ISSN: 0028-4793; 1533-4406
• DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1814556

HIV treatment has benefits to the patient, but does it decrease community HIV transmission as well? In this community-randomized trial in Zambia and South Africa, universal HIV testing with linkage to care and antiretroviral treatment according to local guidelines decreased HIV incidence.