What separates antiretrovirals from antivirals?

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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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They’re treating two different kinds of virus. A retrovirus is a specific kind of virus that delivers genetic code in a specific way. Viruses are the more general class of similar diseases.

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