Canadian guideline on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis

Darrell H S Tan1, Mark W Hull2, Deborah Yoong2

  • 1Division of Infectious Diseases (Tan), St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Hull, Harris), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pharmacy (Yoong), St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (Tremblay), Montréal, Que.; School of Nursing (O'Byrne), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Clinique L'Actuel (Thomas), Montréal, Que.; Canadian Association of Nurses in HIV/AIDS Care (Kille), Vancouver, BC; Clinique du Quartier Latin (Baril), Montréal, Que.; Direction régionale de santé publique (Cox), Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Pharmacy (Giguere), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.; Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences (Hughes), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Infectious Diseases (MacPherson), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Emergency Medicine (O'Donnell), St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (Reimer), Winnipeg, Man.; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Singh, Shafran), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Dalhousie University (Barrett), Halifax, NS; Divisions of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases (Bogoch), Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Health Initiative for Men (Jollimore), Vancouver, BC; Institut national de santé publique du Québec (Lambert), Montréal, Que.; Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (Lebouche), Montréal, Que.; CATIE (Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange) (Rogers), Toronto, Ont. darrell.tan@gmail.com.

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