After teaching a group of students about the use of antiretroviral agents in pregnant women who are HIV-positive, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies which of the following as the underlying rationale
? A) Reduction in viral loads in the blood
B) Treatment of opportunistic infections
C) Adjunct therapy to radiation and chemotherapy
D) Can cure acute HIV/AIDS infections
A
Response:
Drug therapy is the mainstay of treatment and is important in reducing the viral load as much as possible. Antiretroviral agents do not treat opportunistic infections and are not adjunctive therapy. There is no cure for HIV/AIDS.
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