Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Low
tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) + lamivudine (3TC) or emtricitabine (FTC) is recommended as the preferred backbone regimen for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis
Notes and Remarks
a Indeterminate range: a range of viral copy equivalents that would be too low to be accurately diagnosed as positive. The indeterminate range suggested is currently estimated to be approximately equivalent to a cycle threshold of 33 on the Roche COBAS® Ampliprep/COBAS® TaqMan® HIV-1 Qualitative Test v2.0 assay.
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Guidelines on post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV and the use of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-related infections among adults, adolescents and children: recommendations for a public health approach: December 2014 supplement to the 2013 consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection
Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection: recommendations for a public health approach
Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach
Guidelines for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis