title: The AIDS combat: a survey.
abstract: The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is one of the most challenging problems of medical sciences in the last decade, because it is a completely new disease, which appears to be inevitably fatal. Although much effort has been put in the development of therapeutic and prophylactic methods ever since the recognition of this new disease, efficient methods are still lacking, causing the number of victims to rise continuously. In this article I review the progress that has been made in the development of various prophylactic and therapeutic approaches by which science is trying to defeat AIDS. It includes anti-viral drug therapy, reconstitution of the immune system, vaccine development and a few alternative approaches to AIDS therapy.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D014765:Viral Vaccines