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:
Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection: recommendations for a public health approach
Updated recommendations on first-line and second-line antiretroviral regimens and post-exposure prophylaxis and recommendations on early infant diagnosis of HIV
Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach
Guidelines for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis