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AAAS Meeting Examines Test-And-Treat Model's Potential For Fighting HIV Spread, TB Co-Infection
Researchers speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting on Saturday discussed how a strategy to promote universal voluntary HIV tests and early antiretroviral treatment for patients living in high-risk areas might "derail the spread of [HIV/]AIDS, a battle where a successful vaccine remains elusive," the Associated Press/Washington Post reports. "Called 'test-and-treat,' the goal is to catch new [HIV] cases early and administer therapy to reduce the amount of virus in patients' systems in an effort to prevent them from spreading the illness," the news service writes.
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