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Medicinal Mushrooms in Complex Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
ABSTRAKT
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a serious problem in many countries. The HIV epidemic in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, featured not only a significant increase in the number of new infections from 2008 to 2012 but also the replacement of the dominating HIV variant (Russian HIV-1 subtype A) with HIV-1 CRF63_02A1. An analysis of the literature regarding the biological activity of anti-HIV/AIDS drugs based on medicinal mushrooms was conducted, and the results are reported here. In addition, laboratory results indicate that cultivated higher Basidiomycetes mushrooms possess antiviral activity against HIV and immunomodulatory properties, which is important in the complex therapy of AIDS.