HIV elimination in South Africa could be achieved by current treatment policy

The current antiretroviral treatment policy in South Africa could lead to elimination of HIV within the country over the next 24 to 34 years, but a universal test and treat approach could achieve elimination 10 years earlier according to new research published this week in PLOS Medicine .

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/plos-hei101613.php