| abstract |
Described herein are aza- and polyaza-naphthalenyl carboxamides comprising certain quinoline carboxamides and naphthyridine carboxamide derivatives. The compound is an HIV integrase inhibitor and an HIV replication inhibitor and is infected by HIV, either as it is or as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or as a component in a pharmaceutical composition, optionally mixed with another antiviral agent, immunomodulator, antibiotic or vaccine. It is useful for the prevention or treatment of and the treatment of AIDS. Also described are methods of preventing, treating or delaying the onset of AIDS and methods of preventing or treating infection with HIV. |