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Australian study finds treatment could stop spread of AIDS in jail.
(From Agence France Presse)
Australian researchers produced evidence that quickly treating inmates exposed to HIV in prison with anti-viral drugs can prevent them becoming infected.
The researchers conducted a 14-month study of 34 prison inmates who had shared injecting equipment with prisoners infected with HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B in two jails.
The 34 prisoners were given the anti-viral treatment within 72 hours of exposure and none developed antibodies to HIV over the duration of the study, indicating they had escaped infection.
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), or combination treatment after exposure to HIV, is available to the general public.
But its use in the jail system, where there is high potential for HIV to spread because of unsafe drug injecting habits and high prevalence of HIV infection, had never previously ...
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