The advent of potent combination antiretroviral therapy hasled to a profound decrease in the rate of illness related tothe acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and has significantlyimproved survival among patients living with human immunodeficiencyvirus (HIV) infection in the developed world. A concerted effortis now under way to extend these benefits to infected personsliving in resource-poor countries. The success of antiretroviraltherapy is tempered, however, by the occurrence of drug-relatedtoxic effects in many patients. Improvements in AIDS-free survivalmean that many people face the prospect of decades of therapy,and concern about long-term toxic effects . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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From the Section of Retroviral Therapeutics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Division of AIDS, Harvard Medical School both in Boston (D.R.K.); and the Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J.C.).
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