Medications for HIV Are Often Given in Combination to Prevent

question 33

True/False

Medications for HIV are often given in combination to prevent drug resistance.

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Definitions:

Enveloped Viruses

Viruses that possess an outer lipid membrane (envelope), which often plays a role in the infectious process.

Herpesviruses

A family of viruses causing contagious diseases in humans, such as herpes simplex, chickenpox, and mononucleosis.

Nucleic Acid

Biopolymers, essential to all known forms of life, that compose the genetic instructions for the development and functioning of living organisms.

Enveloped Viruses

Viruses that possess an outer lipid membrane derived from the host cell membrane.