A Child with AIDS Is Placed on Antiretroviral Therapy

A child with AIDS is placed on antiretroviral therapy. The nurse's instructions to the child and family are based on the premise that the goals of antiretroviral therapy include:

A) increasing viral load to detectable levels.
B) slowing the decline in the number of CD4 cells.
C) increasing resistance to opportunistic infections.
D) decreasing the severity of opportunistic infections.