HAART Does Not Give Guaranteed Protection to Sex Partners of HIV-Infected Men

Decades after it was first diagnosed, HIV/AIDS continues to be a worldwide epidemic, with over thirty-three million people now infected. Each year the virus claims almost two million lives, and each year there are almost three million new cases. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is the primary treatment for the disease. Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine say that HAART therapy does not give complete protection to the sex partners of HIV-infected men who have sex with men. Most HIV/AIDS cases in the United States and other developed countries occur in this population.Read the entire article here: Researchers Find HIV-infected Men who have Sex with Men May Be at Risk for Spreading HIV Despite Taking Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy