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drugs that combat viral infections. work by interfering with the virus's ability to reproduce in a cell.

• Cytomegalovirus ((CMV) in tranplant recipients
• Herpes simplex virus (HSV) 1 and 2 (genital) and herpes zoster
• HIV
• Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV; severe lower respiratory tract infection primarily affecting children)
• Hep B and C

use of a drug to treat a condition which is not officially approved by the FDA.

virus that uses RNA as its primary component instead of DNA.

to turn the RNA of the virus into DNA, helping to reproduce more of the virus.

multiple drugs used together for treatment of HIV infection.

• Protease inhibitors-which block the protease enzyme so new viral particles cannot mature
• Reverse transcriptase inhibitors- which block the reverse transcriptase enzyme so the HIV material can not change into DNA in the new cell
• Entry inhibitors-which prevent the attachment or fusion of HIV to a cell such as CCR5 inhibitors

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