The Effect of Expanded Antiretroviral Treatment Strategies on the HIV Epidemic among Men Who Have Sex with Men in San Francisco.

Modeling of expanding antiretroviral treatment to all HIV infected adults already in care in San Francisco predicts reductions in new HIV infections at 5 years of 59% among men who have sex with men (MSM). Addition of annual HIV testing for MSM to universal treatment decreases new infections by 76%.(See editorial commentary by DeGruttola and Schooley on pages 1050–1052.)Modeling of expanding antiretroviral treatment to all HIV-infected adults already in care in San Francisco predicts reductions in new HIV infection at 5 years of 59% among men who have sex with men. Addition of annual HIV testing for men who have sex with men to universal treatment decreases new infections by 76%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]