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Indeed, we need testing done to prove this is true for same-sex couples. My partner and I have been together for 6 years and he has remained negative. I have been Poz for 17 years and have been on antiretroviral from the beginning. Further study needs to be done.
This website is for men and women, is it not? I was recently diagnosed. I was able to give birth to my daughter and my husband tested negative (thank God). This study is GREAT news!!!! I suspect the study is being done for all couples.
In a huge multi-centre study the PARTNER-trial is currently being conducted in Europe with a view to providing the scientific answer to this important question. In a couple of years we should all be much wiser - not least when we talk about the risk of transmission in discordant msm-couples where the positive partner is on treatment. More information here: http://partnerstudy.eu/Home.aspx
Ben Bavinton
The Kirby Institute (formerly known as the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research) at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia is also conducting a longitudinal cohort study on this issue, starting this year. However, unlike other studies, this study will focus exclusively on homosexual male serodiscordant relationships. The study will follow up these men for four years. It is specifically looking into the issue of the risk of HIV transmission when viral load is detectable or undetectable. The study does not yet have an official name or website, but check the Kirby Institute website for updates: www.kirby.unsw.edu.au.
May 17, 2011