Like, I know antiretrovirals specifically treat HIV, but what makes them different from other antivirals? Aren’t they both just treating viruses?
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An antiretroviral is an antiviral, it’s just a very specific kind. A retrovirus is a specific kind of virus in the family *Retroviridae*. One of the distinguishing factors about them is the way they replicate using an enzyme known as reverse transcriptase. Antiretrovirals target this replication process, so they are only useful against a retrovirus, which is why they have that specific name.
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