TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Preventing HIV Infection A1 - Kitt, Eimear A1 - Steenhoff, Andrew P. A1 - Rutstein, Richard M. A2 - Shah, Samir S. A2 - Kemper, Alex R. A2 - Ratner, Adam J. Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, 2e AB - Until an effective human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine is in widespread use, controlling the HIV epidemic will require prevention of exposure to the virus. Universal access to onsite rapid HIV testing with early initiation of therapy for infected persons, universal precaution training, safer sex education, safe blood supply and needle exchange programs, and the consideration of pre-exposure antiviral prophylaxis (PrEP) in high-risk situations, are all are important aspects of effective and necessary preventive strategies. However, in cases where exposure has already occurred, it is possible to decrease the risk of transmission of HIV infection through the use of postexposure prophylaxis (PEP). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1157323520 ER -