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Review Article

Risk of HIV transmission from patients on antiretroviral therapy: A position statement from the Public Health Agency of Sweden and the Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy

Jan Albert From the Department of Microbiology, Tumour and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm;Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm;The Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy, SolnaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Torsten BerglundThe Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna
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Magnus GisslénThe Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy, Solna;Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg
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Peter GröönDepartment of Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm
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Anders SönnerborgDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm;The Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy, Solna;Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm;Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm
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Anders TegnellThe Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna
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Anders AlexanderssonNational Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm
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Ingela BerggrenDepartment of Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm
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Anders BlaxhultVenhälsan/Infektion, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm
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Maria BryttingThe Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy, Solna;The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna
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Christina CarlanderClinic of Infectious Diseases, County Hospital of Västmanland, Västerås
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Johan CarlsonThe Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna
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Leo FlamholcThe Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy, Solna;Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Lund, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö
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Per FollinDepartment of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg
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Axana HaggarNational Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm
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Frida HansdotterThe Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna
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Filip JosephsonThe Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy, Solna;Swedish Medical Products Agency, Uppsala
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Olle KarlströmThe Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy, Solna;Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm;Swedish Medical Products Agency, Uppsala
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Fredrik LiljerosDepartment of Sociology, Stockholm University, Stockholm
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Lars NavérThe Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy, Solna;Department of Paediatrics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm;Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
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Karin PetterssonThe Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy, Solna;Department of Obstetrics, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm
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Veronica Svedhem JohanssonDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm;Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
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Bo SvennerholmThe Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy, Solna;Department of Clinical Virology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg
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Petra TunbäckThe Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy, Solna;Department of Dermatovenereology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Katarina WidgrenThe Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna
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Pages 673-677 | Received 29 Apr 2014, Accepted 09 May 2014, Published online: 30 Jul 2014

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