What is antiretroviral chemoprophylaxis?
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What is antiretroviral chemoprophylaxis?
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A retrovirus is an infectious particles which stores its genetic information using RNA. When it infects a cell it uses an enzyme called reverse transcriptase to make a DNA copy of that RNA which it then inserts into the host's DNA.
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View this answerAntiretroviral chemoprophylaxis is the use of antiretroviral medications to prevent infection with a retrovirus. This strategy is often used by...
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Chapter 15 / Lesson 12Antiretroviral drugs are therapies used to treat the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, which causes AIDS. Learn how antiretroviral drugs work, and explore the roles of inhibitors, including entry/fusion, reverse transcriptase, integrase, and protease, how antiretroviral drugs are used to treat infections and discover why these drugs must be taken in combination with other drugs.