Combined Science GCSE
antiretroviral drugs
What antiretroviral drugs means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of antiretroviral drugs
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Reference: AQA
Drugs that successfully control HIV but do not cure it, reducing the risk of progression to AIDS.
Topics that use antiretroviral drugs
- Viral diseases (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- AIDS
- Vaccination and immunity
- exchange of body fluids
- Mosaic pattern of discolouration
- sexual contact
- Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)
- Transmission of pathogens
- Viral disease and symptoms
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