Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV: effective and underused.

CMAJ

Department of Medicine (Hempel, Tan), University of Toronto; Toronto Centre for Liver Disease (Biondi), University Health Network; School of Nursing (Biondi), York University; Division of Infectious Disease (Tan), St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Baril), Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal; Clinique de médecine urbaine du Quartier Latin (Baril), Montréal, Que.

Published: September 2022

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