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Article: Access and use of medications in HIV disease.

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April 1, 1999
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Early detection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and improved drug therapies have prolonged survival in a growing number of individuals. Over the past 15 years, the clinical course of HIV disease has shifted from short and rapidly lethal to chronic and episodic. Likewise, medical care for HIV-related conditions has broadened beyond merely supportive and palliative care to include the prevention of perinatal transmission (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] 1994), prophylaxis of AIDS-opportunistic illnesses (CDC 1997a), and treatment with antiretroviral therapy (CDC 1998). As a result, substantial declines in the incidence of perinatally acquired ...

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