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Concentration of PrEP drug lower in pregnant girls and young women

Written by Healio | March 10, 2020

Levels of tenofovir-diphosphate, or TFV-DP, in dried blood spots were 31% to 37% lower among African pregnant adolescent girls and young women taking pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, compared with those who were postpartum, according to study findings from the IMPAACT 2009 trial presented during CROI.