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Antiretroviral therapy (ART)


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15:48 Jun 22, 2011
English to Swahili translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / N/a
English term or phrase: Antiretroviral therapy (ART)
A drug that is used by AIDS patients
Jaiddy
Local time: 15:12


Summary of answers provided
4 +1Matibabu yanayopunguza makali ya virusi vya ukimwi
Sarah Wachilonga
4Tiba ya kupunguza makali ya ugonjwa wa ukimwi
Apilike Ambukege Gordon


  

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antiretroviral therapy (art)
Matibabu yanayopunguza makali ya virusi vya ukimwi


Explanation:
The drug targets the aids causing viruses and therefore reduce their rate of multiplication.

Sarah Wachilonga
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agree  Judith Prince: exactly the correct and regularly used terminology... Reduce the effects of *virus* as opposed to *AIDS* in other answer.
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
antiretroviral therapy (art)
Tiba ya kupunguza makali ya ugonjwa wa ukimwi


Explanation:
Therapy is Tiba in swahili,
There is no direct swahili word for antiretroviral so it is normally translated in swahili in its full meaning i.e. treating effects of HIV virus (ukimwi)

Apilike Ambukege Gordon
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