Friday 3 May 2019

Aids breakthrough as study finds drugs prevent transmission of HIV virus

Aids breakthrough as study finds drugs prevent transmission of HIV virus Scientists may have made a major breakthrough in the fight against Aids after a study found treatment can prevent sexual transmission of the virus.

Research involving more than 1,000 male couples across Europe where one partner was HIV positive and receiving antiretroviral therapy found no cases of transmission over the space of eight years.

The study proves, the researchers said, that using antiretroviral therapy to suppress the Aids virus to undetectable levels also means it cannot be passed on via sex. The Independent 

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