Protocol for an HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Population Level Intervention Study in Victoria Australia: The PrEPX Study

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Protocol for an HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Population Level Intervention Study in Victoria Australia: The PrEPX Study

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Background: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is the use of HIV anti-retroviral therapy to prevent HIV transmission in people at high risk of HIV acquisition. PrEP is highly efficacious when taken either daily, or in an on-demand schedule. In Australia co-formulated tenofovir-emtricitabine is registered for daily use for PrEP, however, this co-formulation is not listed yet on the national subsidized medicines list. We describe a study protocol that aims to demonstrate if the provision of PrEP t...

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2018-05-01

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Kathleen E. Ryan / Anne Mak / Mark Stoove / Brian Price / Christopher K. Fairley / Simon Ruth / Luxshimi Lal / Jason Asselin / Carol El-Hayek / Long Nguyen / Colin Batrouney / David Wilson / John Lockwood / Dean Murphy / Vincent J. Cornelisse / Norman Roth / Jeff Willcox / Christina C. Chang / Judy Armishaw / Ban K. Tee / Matthew Penn / George Forgan-Smith / Christopher Williams / Jeff Montgomery / Kat Byron / Alison Coelho / Brent Allen / Jeremy Wiggins / Jenny Kelsall / Olga Vujovic / Michael West / Anna B. Pierce / Daniel Gallant / Charlotte Bell / John B. F. de Wit / Jennifer F. Hoy / Steve L. Wesselingh / Robert M. Grant / Edwina J. Wright

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Frontiers in Public Health

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00151/full

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PrEP / HIV / MSM / prevention / protocol / Public aspects of medicine

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