title: Update on issues for HIV management.
abstract: During the past 12 months, there have been major advances in knowledge about HIV. With this new knowledge comes better management. In a very short period of time, both doctors and patients have swung from a mood of deep despondency to optimism and hopefulness. There have been several factors in this changed outlook: the availability of viral load testing; the licensing of new more potent anti retroviral drugs (particularly the protease inhibitors), and the demonstration (for the first time) that combination anti retroviral therapy offers benefit, not only in controlled clinical trials, but in the everyday lives of people living with HIV/AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Cairns District Health Service, Qld.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bradford
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents