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Antiretroviral therapy


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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.


Last Updated: February 17, 2009
Author:
Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS
Medical Review:
Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine

Peter Shalit, MD, PhD - Internal Medicine


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