Open AccessHIV management: emerging therapies in an evolving field
Author(s) -
Gompels Mark,
Chisholm Alison
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
future prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1931-2261
pISSN - 1468-9871
DOI - 10.1002/fps.30
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antiretroviral therapy , medicine , intensive care medicine , isolation (microbiology) , identification (biology) , antiretroviral agents , virology , immunology , bioinformatics , viral load , biology , botany
Efforts to combat the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) began in earnest in the late 1980s following the identification and isolation of HIV as the pathogen of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Multiple‐drug therapy, known as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), became available in the 1990s and has become the backbone of HIV medication treatment. Understanding of how to optimise its use and effectiveness continues to grow, and is reflected by the emergence of novel agents and new classes of drugs. Copyright © 2007 Wiley Interface Ltd