Antiretroviral Therapy in the Treatment of HIV | 疾病管制署傳染病

2021年4月12日—ThemosteffectivetreatmentforHIV/AIDSisantiretroviraltherapy(ART),whichinvolvestakingacombinationofantiretroviralmedicinestoslow ...

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The most effective treatment for HIV/AIDS is antiretroviral therapy (ART), which involves taking a combination of antiretroviral medicines to slow down the rate of HIV multiplication (HIVinfo.nih.gov 2020a).

In order to understand how antiretroviral treatment works, we need to understand the life cycle of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)[4].

HIV specifically targets and destroys CD4, a type of white blood cell that is important for a well-functioning immune system. As more and more CD4 cells are destroyed by the virus, the immune system weakens (Montoya & Vintez 2020).

Upon HIV entering the bloodstream, there are several steps to its life cycle: