The abbreviation ART stands for antiretroviral therapy.
- It describes the treatment of a HIV infection with special drugs that inhibit the replication of the virus in the body.
- In most cases, several active substances are combined to effectively suppress HIV.
Objectives of the ART:
- Reduce the virus in the blood to such an extent that it below the detection limit lies.
- The Protect the immune system or rebuild.
- Prevent secondary diseases.
- HIV can no longer be transmitted sexually after successful therapy (U = U - undetectable = untransmittable).
