When Did HAART Become ART? | 疾病管制署傳染病

2021年5月21日—ThetermHAARThaslongbeensynonymouswithtriple-drugtherapy.And,whileitistruethatARTtypicallyconsistsofthreeormore ...

Antiretroviral therapy is used to treat HIV[1] and is comprised of a combination of drugs that block different stages in the virus replication cycle[2]. By doing so, the virus can be suppressed to undetectable levels where it can do the body little harm.

The effectiveness of the combination antiretroviral therapy[3] was first reported by researchers in 1996 at the International AIDS Conference in Vancouver, who dubbed the approach HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy)[4].

Today, the term HAART is less commonly used and has largely been supplanted in the medical literature by the simplified ART (antiretroviral therapy). The change in terminology is about more than just semantics; it reflects a shift in...