Agents Used in Antiretroviral Therapy

  • Authors: Philip Grant, MD (More Info)
  • Editors in Chief: Daniel R. Kuritzkes, MD; Joseph J. Eron, Jr., MD
  • Last Reviewed: 7/19/21 (What's New)

Summary

  • Assembly, budding, and further processing is essential for production of infectious HIV
  • Final step in production of an infectious virion is processing of capsid precursor (CA-SP1 or p25) to mature capsid protein (CA or p24)

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Keywords: Initial Antiretroviral Therapy, Special Populations, Treatment Complications

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