title: Enfuvirtide: a new class of antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection.
abstract: Enfuvirtide is the first of a new class of antiretroviral agents recently approved for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection. Present available data suggest that enfuvirtide may be a promising agent for the control of HIV infection in patients who have previously received reverse transcriptase inhibitor and protease inhibitor regimens and who are either intolerant to such drugs and/or who have gone into virological failure. Perhaps the greater limitation to the clinical use of enfuvirtide is the cost, limiting its use in the developing world.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Clinica e Odontologia Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Leao
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frezzini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Porter
mesh_terms: D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects*; D000077560:Enfuvirtide; D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41 / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D023581:HIV Fusion Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41; D023581:HIV Fusion Inhibitors; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D000077560:Enfuvirtide