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Oral Combinational Antiretroviral Treatment in HIV-1 Infected Humanized Mice
Published on: October 6, 2022
[New approaches to the treatment of the HIV-infected patient]
K Chandrika1, P Dellot, F Frippiat
1Service des Maladies Infectieuses et de Médecine Interne Générale, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgique.
Abstract:
HIV infection remains a major problem of public health in Belgium as well as globally. The number of new diagnosies of HIV infection in Belgium remains between two and three daily. Given the dramatic effect of antiretroviral therapy on the mortality due to HIV infection, the number of patients is constantly increasing. The different problems related to HIV care are also changing. Aging of the patients and chronic exposure to antiretroviral medications have induced new complications. We will present in this brief article several new experimental and clinical approaches in which our centre has participated during the last two years.
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