HAART

HAART
Highly active antiretroviral therapy. Treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection that uses a combination of several antiretroviral drugs. The drugs inhibit the ability of the virus to multiply in the body, and they slow down the development of AIDS. Also called highly active antiretroviral therapy.

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  • HAART — Der Begriff Hochaktive antiretrovirale Therapie, abgekürzt HAART, englisch Highly Active Anti Retroviral Therapy, bezeichnet eine 1996 eingeführte Kombinationstherapie aus mindestens drei verschiedenen antiretroviralen Medikamenten (ARV) zur… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • HAART — Traitement antirétroviral hautement actif Un traitement antirétroviral hautement actif (TAHA), plus connu sous son sigle anglais HAART (pour Highly active antiretroviral therapy) désigne couramment les polythérapies d antirétroviraux luttant… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • HAART — Highly Active Anti Retroviral Therapy (Medical » Physiology) * Highly Active Anti Retroviral Treatment (Medical » Oncology) …   Abbreviations dictionary

  • HAART — highly active antiretroviral therapy * * * highly active antiretroviral therapy …   Medical dictionary

  • HAART — abbreviation Medicine highly active retroviral therapy, a form of drug treatment for HIV infection consisting of a regimen of at least three antiretroviral drugs …   English new terms dictionary

  • HAART — • highly active antiretroviral therapy …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

  • HAART — noun a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV • Syn: ↑drug cocktail, ↑highly active antiretroviral therapy • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug …   Useful english dictionary

  • Antiretroviral drug — HAART redirects here. For UK estate agency Haart, see Spicerhaart. Antiretroviral drugs are medications for the treatment of infection by retroviruses, primarily HIV. When several such drugs, typically three or four, are taken in combination, the …   Wikipedia

  • highly active antiretroviral therapy — HAART. Treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection that uses a combination of several antiretroviral drugs. The drugs inhibit the ability of the virus to multiply in the body, and they slow down the development of AIDS. Also called …   English dictionary of cancer terms

  • highly active antiretroviral therapy — (HAART) the aggressive use of extremely potent antiretroviral agents in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infection; it generally includes three such agents, two of which are nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and the other… …   Medical dictionary

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