HAART in HIV/AIDS Treatments, a Current Limitation
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چکیده
AIDS (acquired immune deficient syndrome) is a deadly human viral infectious disease caused by HIV (human immune-deficient virus) infection. Almost every AIDS patient losses his/her life before mid 1990s. Antiviral drug cocktails-high active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) has been invented for almost all HIV infection patient treatments. Yet, this type of HIV therapeutics is incurable. HIV/AIDS patients need to take HAART medications regularly and even life-long. In this article, the major progresses and drawbacks of HIV/AIDS chemotherapy (HAART) to HIV/AIDS patients have been discussed.
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