AIDS drugs may prevent HIV transmission
Published:Thursday | February 18, 2010 | 12:55 PM
New research suggests that drugs used to treat AIDS can help prevent the transmission of HIV, the virus that causes the condition.
A study of almost 3,500 African couples found that people with HIV who took anti-retroviral drugs were less likely to infect their partners.
Over three years, there were more than a hundred new infections in the group being studied but only one by a person taking anti-retrovirals.
American researchers say this was probably due to the effects of the drugs on patients’ bodily fluids.