Postexposure Prophylaxis Against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): New Guidelines From the WHO: A Perspective
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Postexposure Prophylaxis Against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): New Guidelines From the WHO: A Perspective.
Guidelines for antiretroviral (ARV) prophylaxis following high-risk exposure (postexposure prophylaxis— PEP) to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) date to 1990, when the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first considered such recommendations for persons with occupational exposures to HIV [1]. The US Public Health Service also issued recommendations focused on occupational expo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1537-6591,1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ087