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n. - An antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS.

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  • The risk of transmission within two months of birth was 6.5 percent among infants in the standard regime, and 6.9 percent who received NVP plus ZDV.
  • A total of 894 children received either the standard NVP regimen or NVP plus ZDV, and were checked for HIV infection at six to eight weeks after birth.
  • (ZDV or AZT), and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), also effectively prevented virus replication.
  • I always thought of AZT as zidovudine, as well as ZDV, the original AZT coming not from the nonproprietary name but a contracted chemical name.
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