HIV Treatment as Prevention: Debate and Commentary—Will Early Infection Compromise Treatment-as-Prevention Strategies?

Myron S. Cohen; Christopher Dye; Christophe Fraser; William C. Miller; Kimberly A. Powers; Brian G. Williams

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001232

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HIV Treatment as Prevention: Debate and Commentary—Will Early Infection Compromise Treatment-as-Prevention Strategies?

Myron S. Cohen ,

¶All authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Christopher Dye ,

¶All authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Christophe Fraser ,

* E-mail: c.fraser@imperial.ac.uk (CF); powersk@email.unc.edu (KAP); BrianGerardWilliams@gmail.com (BGW)

¶All authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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William C. Miller ,

¶All authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Kimberly A. Powers ,

* E-mail: c.fraser@imperial.ac.uk (CF); powersk@email.unc.edu (KAP); BrianGerardWilliams@gmail.com (BGW)

¶All authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Brian G. Williams

* E-mail: c.fraser@imperial.ac.uk (CF); powersk@email.unc.edu (KAP); BrianGerardWilliams@gmail.com (BGW)

¶All authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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HIV Treatment as Prevention: Debate and Commentary—Will Early Infection Compromise Treatment-as-Prevention Strategies?

Myron S. Cohen,
Christopher Dye,
Christophe Fraser,
William C. Miller,
Kimberly A. Powers,
Brian G. Williams

Published: July 10, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001232

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