antiretroviral
adjective
an·ti·re·tro·vi·ral
ˌan-tē-ˈre-trō-ˌvī-rəl 
ˌan-tī-
: acting, used, or effective against retroviruses
antiretroviral drugs
antiretroviral therapy
antiretroviral
noun
Examples of antiretroviral in a Sentence
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In addition, The Global Fund helped 24.5 million HIV patients access antiretroviral drugs and 6.7 million people gain treatment for TB in the same year.
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Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
In 2022, nearly 30 years after the advent of combination antiretroviral therapy, more than nine million of the 39 million people living with H.I.V. worldwide were not receiving treatment.
—Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
But antiretroviral therapy coverage among pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV has plateaued.
—Jennifer Lotito, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
Medical records show that Overfield was not administered his HIV antiretroviral medications while in jail.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
However, current antiretroviral treatments can control virus loads and prevent complications from the infection.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 July 2023
By the end of that year, the panel was monitoring 132 ongoing research projects, including studies on whether cannabis use affects antiretroviral therapy and how psilocybin helps people suffering from phantom limb pain.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
Caregivers of children on antiretroviral therapy often struggle to prepare and administer the drugs effectively.
—Abdullahi Tsanni, STAT, 5 July 2023
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, in which people at risk of HIV take antiretroviral medications in advance of potential exposure to the virus, is highly effective at preventing infection but remains vastly underutilized in the U.S. and around the world.
—Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2023
Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
In 2022, nearly 30 years after the advent of combination antiretroviral therapy, more than nine million of the 39 million people living with H.I.V. worldwide were not receiving treatment.
—Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
But antiretroviral therapy coverage among pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV has plateaued.
—Jennifer Lotito, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
Medical records show that Overfield was not administered his HIV antiretroviral medications while in jail.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
However, current antiretroviral treatments can control virus loads and prevent complications from the infection.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 July 2023
By the end of that year, the panel was monitoring 132 ongoing research projects, including studies on whether cannabis use affects antiretroviral therapy and how psilocybin helps people suffering from phantom limb pain.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
Caregivers of children on antiretroviral therapy often struggle to prepare and administer the drugs effectively.
—Abdullahi Tsanni, STAT, 5 July 2023
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, in which people at risk of HIV take antiretroviral medications in advance of potential exposure to the virus, is highly effective at preventing infection but remains vastly underutilized in the U.S. and around the world.
—Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2023
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antiretroviral
1 of 2 adjective
an·ti·ret·ro·vi·ral
-ˈre-trō-ˌvī-rəl
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also
: acting, used, or effective against retroviruses
All four drugs, which inhibit HIV protease and thus interfere with viral maturation and replication, are the most potent antiretroviral agents available to treat patients with HIV disease.—The Journal of the American Medical Association
The Journal of the American Medical Associationantiretroviral therapy
see highly active antiretroviral therapy
antiretroviral
2 of 2 noun
variants
also
: an agent effective against retroviruses
Current anti-HIV drugs, or antiretrovirals, bind to specific HIV enzymes and impede their activity.—Douglas D. Richman, Scientific American
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