Patricia Pecora Fulco

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Viruses – antiretrovirals

What are the key principles of preventing viruses – antiretrovirals? Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is the key principle in treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HAART is defined as the use of at least three drugs from two different mechanistic classes (Table I). Table I. Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs)…

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