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Retroviruses are different from other kinds of viruses, which means most antiretroviral medications don't affect other viruses. Since only a few retroviruses cause disease in humans, the protection against other viruses is relatively minor.
But a few antiretrovirals have been used against specific other viruses, so it can in principle have an effect sometimes.
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