The study was designed and conducted to evaluate awareness and attitude towards the use of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for accidental exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among dental students in India. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a self-developed close-ended ...
Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a key part of the assessment of YP after sexual assault. The risk of transmission of viral agents is low but some sexual activities, for example anal penetration, increase the risk and the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) have produced...
Regimens for Postexposure Prophylaxis In chronic infection, multidrug therapy (three or more agents) has been shown to provide optimal virologic and clinical benefit. However, the goals of treatment of chronic infection are dist...
Postexposure Prophylaxis for HIV After Sexual Assault Joan E. Myles, JD, MA; Anne Hirozawa, MPH; Mitchell H. Katz, MD; et al Rachel Kimmerling, PhD; Joshua D. Bamberger, MD, MPH Author Affiliations JAMA. 2000;284(12):1516-1518. doi:10.1001/jama.284.12.1512 Full...
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a biomedical approach to HIV prevention that is administered after a potential exposure to the virus. Although it was originally approved in the UK for occupational exposure to HIV among healthcare workers, PEP has remained a controversial method of preventing HIV...
Post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV should be administered as part of a comprehensive universal precaution package in the health sector18. Occupational exposure to HIV and not using post-exposure prophylaxis cause occupational burnout among healthcare workers due to severe adverse psychological pressure, ...
Data collected by the Italian Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Registry were prospectively reviewed to determine the effect of HIV prophylactic regimens containing indinavir on the discontinuation of therapy. Until December 1999, 647 health care workers on zidovudine and 341 on combination prophylaxis (115 receive...
[31,32]. Therefore, efficacy of post exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection may depend critically not only on the timing of initiation and duration of treatment, but also on the pharmacological properties of specific antiretroviral agents used. Good candidates include highly potent antiretroviral agents...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Postexposure prophylaxis for HIV is supposed to be a single-use emergency safety net, but the incidence of repeat users at one clinic is nearly 20%, according to a new study. Cases of multiple use of the medications were not entirely unanticipated by clinicians, but...
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