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Antiretroviral Therapy Helps HIV Mortality Rate Decline among Black IDUs
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Journal of the National Medical Association
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August 1, 2005
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is reducing 90% of HIV deaths among African-American injection drug users (IDUs), a population for which there has been little data until now because of its historical lack of access to expensive therapies, according to a study published in the June 15 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Data from the 14-year prospective Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Link to Intravenous Experiences (ALIVE) Study has shown that the pricey multidrug therapy can reduce late-stage HIV infection in the disadvantaged population when given the opportunity to do so. The study ran from 1988 to 2004, and HAART was introduced in 1996. Of the 665 minority ...