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Infectious Disease: Animations

From the 2007 Holiday Lectures: AIDS: Evolution of an Epidemic

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AZT blocks reverse transcriptase

HIV's reverse transcriptase mistakes AZT for thymidine. Once incorporated, AZT stops reverse transcription.

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