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Rapid Screening of HIV Reverse Transcriptase and Integrase Inhibitors
Published on: April 10, 2014
Antiretroviral therapy of HIV infection in children
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA. palumbo@umdnj.edu
Abstract:
Much progress has been made in the therapy of pediatric HIV infection, which has been transformed from a usually fatal disease into that of a chronic disease model. Early, aggressive therapy with the goal of complete suppression of viral replication (undetectable plasma virus) should be the therapeutic goal, but this new, more hopeful environment has been created at the cost of complexity and compromises in quality of life. The rapid pace of new developments and therapeutic complexities argue strongly for care in specialized centers or, at least, frequent consultation. Efforts are ongoing to develop simpler, more effective therapeutic regimens that suppress and ultimately eradicate infection and that stimulate immune reconstitution.
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