HIV AIDS INTRODUCTION

Definition of ART
 Treatment with antiretroviral medicines, against the retrovirus (HIV
which resides and multiplies within the human body

 HIV; etiological agent of AIDS

 Hallmark of HIV; RNA virus that transcripts DNA from RNA via th
Reverse Transcriptase enzyme

, Classification of Antiretroviral
medicines
 NRTI (Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors)
 NtRTI (Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors)
 NNRTI ( Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors)
 PI (Protease Inhibitors)
 Entry Inhibitors
 Integrase Inhibitors

, NRTIs
 Abacavir (ABC)
 Didanosine (DDI)
 Emtricitabine (FTC)
 Lamivudine (3TC)
 Stavudine (D4T)
 Zidovudine (AZT)
 Tenofovir (TDF) - NtRTI