NOUN
- an antiviral drug used against HIV; binds directly to reverse transcriptase and prevents RNA conversion to DNA; often used in combination with other drugs
How To Use NNRTI In A Sentence
- This study shows that the addition of short course AZT and 3TC (for either 4 or 7 d) to sdNVP, initiated at the same time as the dose of NVP for PMTCT in antiretroviral-naïve pregnant women and their infants, results in a reduction in the proportion of mothers with new NNRTI-resistant mutations, when measured at 2 and 6 wk postdelivery. PLoS Medicine: New Articles
- All three drugs are known as non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor drugs, or NNRTIs. ANC Daily News Briefing