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Stunning trial shows twice-yearly shots can prevent HIV infection

Injections of the drug lenacapavir protected sexually active women and girls in Africa from the virus.
A close-up of blue gloved hands taking a drop of blood from a woman's finger for a rapid HIV blood test

Blood tests for HIV look for antibodies to the virus. Trial data provide hope for an injectable drug to block infection. Credit: Themba Hadebe/Associated Press/Alamy

Just two injections a year of an antiviral drug entirely prevented HIV infection among more than 2,000 women and girls enrolled in a clinical trial1.

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Nature 632, 233 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02493-4

References

  1. Bekker, L.-G. et al. N. Engl. J. Med. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2407001 (2024).

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