Sex and prevention concerns
for positive people

September 2002     View PDF     En español

Transmission of multi-drug resistant HIV

There is increasing concern over the transmission of drug-resistant virus and multi-drug resistant HIV. People infected with multi-drug resistant HIV are unlikely to optimally benefit from most, if not all, of the available anti-HIV therapies. While many known cases of AZT-resistant HIV transmission have occurred in the past, transmission of multi-drug resistant virus is being seen increasingly. These observations underscore the importance of including safer sex in your life, even when you and your partner(s) are both living with HIV.