NATS 1670 Study Guide - Final Guide: Tenofovir Disoproxil, Safe Sex, Viral Load
4 Feb 2015
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Medical treatment: efficacy vs effectiveness: efficacy: under ideal circumstances. Measures the individual level effect and finding what is suitable for them: effectiveness: in the real world. How well the particular drug has worked in general for the whole population. Antiretroviral therapy: does not work for everybody, has been very successful for the united states, places like sub-saharan africa this treatment is not working as efficiently (the disease does not decrease as much, has many side effects. Do hiv+ persons need to remain on haart forever: yes, with full adherence. *the virus is always there it is simply being controlled by haart. Immediately after infection, the individual will feel flu-like symptoms: the viral load is very high at this point, there are several times where the viral load is very low, and will likely not infect. Hiv with haart: the viral load will be reduced, must have full adherence to the drug.
