{"title":"Host-Directed Antiviral Therapies – An Emphasis on HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis","authors":"L. Webber","doi":"10.15406/JHVRV.2016.04.00129","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"HIV is a retroviral disease that can be transmitted sexually, vertically from mother to child and through blood and blood products and many other body fluids [15,16]. To date there is no fully effective vaccine against HIV and treatment consists of a combination with three antiretroviral drugs. There are different classes of antiretroviral drugs and selected regimes of treatment are proposed [17]. Currently, there are research studies into other modalities of HIV treatment, namely:","PeriodicalId":92670,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human virology & retrovirology","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of human virology & retrovirology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15406/JHVRV.2016.04.00129","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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HIV is a retroviral disease that can be transmitted sexually, vertically from mother to child and through blood and blood products and many other body fluids [15,16]. To date there is no fully effective vaccine against HIV and treatment consists of a combination with three antiretroviral drugs. There are different classes of antiretroviral drugs and selected regimes of treatment are proposed [17]. Currently, there are research studies into other modalities of HIV treatment, namely: