Pos-neg couples sought

The Kirby Institute is still seeking new recruits for a study of seriodiscordant couples. The research into gay couples where one is HIV-positive and the other one HIV-negative holds enormous promise for transmission prevention strategies, with the end objective of reducing overall infections.

The study, called Opposites Attract, is designed to establish if HIV transmission to the HIV-negative partner is linked to whether the HIV-positive partner is taking anti-retroviral therapy and what men in these relationships think about this possibility of viral transmission.

The study is recruiting couples in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Recruitment will soon start in Brisbane, and in 2013 also in Cairns and Canberra. Recruitment is through referrals from clinics and by men in the community volunteering themselves.

 

“The Opposites Attract study is very exciting because it holds the potential answer to many treatment-as-prevention questions,” Professor Andrew Grulich, head of the Kirby Institute’s HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program said.

“Volunteers for this study will be making a major contribution to our understanding in this field.”

INFO: oppositesattract.net.au