Cost-effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in preventing HIV-1 infections in rural Zambia : a modeling study

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Nichols, Brooke E., Thuma, Phil E., Nouwen, Jan L., Boucher, Charles A. B., van Dijk, Janneke H., Baltussen, Rob, Van de Wijgert, Janneke, Sloot, Peter M. A., van de Vijver, David A. M. C.
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Computer Engineering
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2013
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Life and medical sciences
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96295; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9867

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with tenofovir and emtricitabine effectively prevents new HIV infections. The optimal scenario for implementing PrEP where most infections are averted at the lowest cost is unknown. We determined the impact of different PrEP strategies on averting new infections, prev...