Addressing the sexually transmitted infection and HIV syndemic

M Gandhi, MA Spinelli, KH Mayer - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
The HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) epidemics, which have always been and
will always be intertwined, are at an inflection point. Two scientific advancements over the
last decade have substantially influenced the sexual health of people living with HIV and
individuals at risk for HIV. First, Undetectable equals Untransmittable (U= U) is an important
public health campaign that supports the findings that individuals with a suppressed viral
load do not transmit HIV despite condomless sex. 1 U= U builds on the findings of several …