About
- ADAP
- AIDS Drug Assistance Programs
- ADC
- AIDS Dementia Complex
- AETC
- AIDS Education and Training Centers
- AHCPR
- Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
- Antibody
- A protein that recognizes a particular epitope on an antigen and facilitates clearance of that antigen.
- Antigen
- Any substance, usually foreign, that binds specifically to an antibody.
- BDNA
- Branched DNA Assay
- CBCT
- Community-Based Clinical Trials
- CBO
- Community-Based Organization
- CDC
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- CMI
- Cell Mediated Immunity
- DHHS
- Department of Health and Human Services
- DSMB
- Data Safety and Monitoring Board
- Epitope
- Site on an antigen that is recognized by an antibody. Epitopes are also called antigenic determinants.
- FDA
- Food and Drug Administration
- FDC
- Follicular Dendritic Cells
- GART
- Genotypic Antiretroviral Resistance Test
- GP 41
- (also gp41) Glycoprotein 41
- HAART
- Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
- HAM/TSP
- HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
- HCSUS
- HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study
- HIV
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
- HLA
- Human Leukocytes Antigen
- HPTN
- HIV Prevention Trials Network
- HPV
- Human Papilloma Virus
- HRSA
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- HSV
- Herpes Simplex Virus
- HTLV-1
- Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus (type 1)
- HVTN
- HIV Vaccine Trials Network
- IHS
- Indian Health Services
- IL
- Interleukin
- IND
- Investigational New Drug
- IRB
- Institutional Review Board
- KSHV
- Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpes Virus
- LAS
- Lymphadenopathy Syndrome
- LFT
- Liver Function Test
- LIP
- Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonitis
- LTR
- Long Term Repeat Sequence
- MAC
- Mycobacteriumavium Complex
- MDR-TB
- Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
- MHC
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- NAT
- Nucleic Acid Test
- NK Cells
- Natural Killer Cells
- NNRTI
- Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor
- OHL
- Oral Hairy Leukoplakia
- OI
- Opportunistic Infection
- PBMC
- Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell
- Rapid HIV Test
- Screening test for HIV that produces very quick results, typically within 20-60 minutes. Rapid HIV tests use blood or oral fluid to detect the presence of HIV antibodies.
- RT-PCR
- Reverse Transcriptase PCR
- SAMHSA
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Sikoro
- One of the poorest towns located in Bamako, Mali. There is no electricity or running water. GAIA VF’s Chez Rosalie clinic is located in Sikoro.
- SIT
- Structured Intermittent Therapy
- SIV
- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
- STD
- Sexually Transmitted Disease
- STI
- Sexually Transmitted Infection
- TB
- Tuberculosis
- TNF
- Tumor Necrosis Factor
- TST
- Tberculin Skin Test
- VTN
- Vaccine Trials Network