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Antiretroviral therapy

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By Jeannette Curtis; Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS

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Antiretroviral therapy is the use of a medication or combination of medications (highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART) to slow the rate at which HIV makes copies of itself (replicates) in the body.

Author:Jeannette Curtis
Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS
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Last Updated: 05/25/2007
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