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MeSH Heading: Anti-HIV Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.505.954.122.388.077.088
Unique ID: D019380
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019380
Annotation: consider also AIDS /‌drug ther; may be used for articles on simian acquired immunodefic syndrome & simian immunodefic virus
Scope Note: Agents used to treat AIDS and/or stop the spread of the HIV infection. These do not include drugs used to treat symptoms or opportunistic infections associated with AIDS.
Entry Term(s): AIDS Drug; AIDS Drugs; Anti-AIDS Agents; Anti-AIDS Drug; Anti-AIDS Drugs; Anti-HIV Agent; Anti-HIV Drug; Anti-HIV Drugs
NLM Classification #: QV 268.5
Previous Indexing: Antiviral Agents (1985-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0028839
Scope Note: Agents used to treat AIDS and/or stop the spread of the HIV infection. These do not include drugs used to treat symptoms or opportunistic infections associated with AIDS.
Terms: Anti-HIV Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T057759
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Anti-AIDS Drug
Term UI T001085452
Date07/27/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Anti-AIDS Agents
Term UI T057758
Date01/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Anti-AIDS Drugs
Term UI T057760
Date01/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Anti-HIV Drugs
Term UI T057762
Date01/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Anti-HIV Agent
Term UI T001085449
Date07/27/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); AIDS Drug
Term UI T001085450
Date07/27/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Anti-HIV Drug
Term UI T001085451
Date07/27/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); AIDS Drugs
Term UI T057761
Date01/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997)

Anti-HIV Agents MeSH Descriptor Data 2025