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The last decade has seen a combination of astounding successes and continuing challenges in the field of HIV treatment. The death rate as a result of AIDS in the United States has decreased significantly and consistently since 1996, because of current therapies (1). Unfortunately, the successes witnessed in the developed world have not been matched in the developing world where new treatments have generally not been available, such as in sub-Saharan Africa where over 20 million persons are believed to be infected with HIV. The decline in AIDS mortality in the United States has been seen in all racial/ethnic groups and both genders (1). Declining mortality has not been accompanied by decreases in incidence of HIV infection, however, so that the overall prevalence of HIV infection continues to rise. This is especially true for African Americans and for women, who have faster rising rates of HIV infection. Even with the dramatically increasing numbers of HIV-infected women, the incidence of HIV infection in newborns continues to fall as a result of effective antiretroviral treatment of pregnant HIV-infected women to prevent transmission to their babies.
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Frank, M. (2004). Drug Interactions with Medications Used for HIV/AIDS. In: Mozayani, A., Raymon, L.P. (eds) Handbook of Drug Interactions. Forensic Science and Medicine. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-654-6_9
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