Advanced Research in HIV Prevention and Risk Analysis
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Infectious Disease Epidemiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 4153
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases; sexual transmission infections; antiretrovirals; infection surveillance and prevention
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is evident that the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed our world. Even the research world; with plenty of new scientific achievements (in all fields) related to SARS-CoV-2. However; we are still immersed in other epidemics; HIV among them; without a definitive end in sight. HIV/AIDS pandemic lasts almost half a century but WHO established as a target the termination of it by 2030. According to WHO estimation; about 37.7 million people were living with HIV worldwide in 2020; the 75% of them were actually unaware of their HIV-infected condition though. HIV can be totally preventable of being transmitted with an effective antiretroviral treatment (ART) that achieves and maintains an undetectable viral load in the infected individual. Thus; WHO recommends that every person at an elevated risk of HIV should access testing as well as everyone with a HIV receives ART. Nevertheless; HIV infection still presents a high incidence in many areas and countries and there exists a considerable prevalence of late diagnosis; even in developed countries. These factors contributing to a high risk of transmission and to the perpetuation of the epidemic; reveal an ineffective or insufficient preventive measures. New approaches to prevent the infection are needed; specially in high-risk population. In this context; Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) based on antiretrovirals to prevent HIV has shown efficacy; safety and a favourable cost-benefit analysis in key populations. Moreover; early treatment for HIV infection also prevents transmission of the virus in serodiscordant or serodifferent couples; this has arisen the concept of treatment as prevention (TasP). Finally; molecular epidemiology of HIV infection is also becoming a useful tool for surveillance and targeted prevention strategies; without forgetting educational activities focused on the most knowledge HIV/AIDS gaps.
This special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on the current state of knowledge in HIV prevention strategies and risk analysis procedures. So; papers addressing these topics and related ones are cordially invited for this Special Issue in order to highlight the most recent advances. Here are some examples of topics that could be addressed in this Special Issue:
- Long-Acting HIV Drugs for treatment and prevention (PreP).
- Barriers to HIV treatment as prevention (TasP).
- Behavioural; and social preventive interventions.
- Trends in sexuality education.
- Molecular epidemiology to target prevention strategies.
Dr. Carmen Mariá González-Domenech
Dr. Isabel Pérez Hernández
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- HIV
- antiretroviral drugs
- extended-release
- HIV testing
- test and treatment
- phylogenetics and molecular epidemiology
- HIV prevention
- HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
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