Reuters
Taking drug cocktails for four weeks seems to greatly reduce the risk of becoming infected with the virus, which is transmitted through sex -- heterosexual and homosexual -- drug use and shared needles, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites) said.
These drug cocktails, called highly active antiretroviral therapy or HAART, are routinely taken for life by HIV (news - web sites)-infected patients who can afford it and have access. HAART can keep a patient healthy despite infection with the deadly and incurable virus.
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