| Title: |
Brief Report: PrEP Use During Periods of HIV Risk Among East African Women in Serodiscordant Relationships |
| Authors: |
Pyra, Maria; Haberer, Jessica E.; Heffron, Renee; Kidoguchi, Lara; Brown, Elizabeth R.; Bukusi, Elizabeth A.; Asiimwe, Stephen; Celum, Connie; Katabira, Elly; Mugo, Nelly R.; Baeten, Jared M. |
| Source: |
JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes ; volume 77, issue 1, page 41-45 ; ISSN 1525-4135 |
| Publisher Information: |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
| Publication Year: |
2018 |
| Description: |
Background: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is efficacious for African women at risk for HIV, but data on adherence outside clinical trials are sparse. We describe the persistence and execution of PrEP use among women participating in a large open-label PrEP demonstration project, particularly during periods of HIV risk. Setting and Methods: Three hundred ten HIV-uninfected women in HIV serodiscordant couples in Kenya and Uganda were offered and accepted PrEP. Electronic monitoring caps were used to measure daily PrEP adherence. Time on PrEP while at risk for HIV (when the HIV-infected partner was on antiretroviral therapy |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1097/qai.0000000000001561 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000001561; https://journals.lww.com/00126334-201801010-00006 |
| Rights: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.1A3348FE |
| Database: |
BASE |