Book Title: Antiviral Chemotherapy 5
Description: Scientists and clinicians attending the last "New Directions in Antiviral Therapy" conference in late 1994 could hardly have predicted the revolution in the management of patients with HIV infection that has occurred since. Two new classes of antiretrovirals have been licensed, the second-site RT inhibitors and the protease inhibitors; the long in cubation period of active HIV infection, when the infection is clinically latent, is now un derstood to be a period of intense viral replication and turnover of CD4 lymphocytes; measurements of HI V RNA concentration in plasma have been shown to be essential tools for monitoring the course of HIV infection, deciding when to treat, and assessing the re sults of treatment; and finally, combinations of antiretrovirals, particularly combinations incl...
Bibliographic information
Publisher(s): Springer Science & Business Media
Publish Date: 1999-03-31
Book Pages: 271
Industry Identifier: ISBN_10: 0306461072
Cover: External Link
Subjects: Medical / Microbiology • Medical / Pharmacology • Medical / Infectious Diseases • Medical / Immunology • Medical / Biochemistry • Science / Life Sciences / Microbiology • Science / Life Sciences / Biochemistry
Book Dimentions
Height: 26.00 cm
Width: 17.80 cm
Thickness: 1.80 cm
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