trimester – a 12 week period of a pregnancy. Different periods during pregnancy are commonly referred to as the first, second and third trimester.
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postpartum refers to the time after a baby is born. Postpartum refers to the mother.
See: antepartum and intrapartum.
KS – Kaposi’s sarcoma.
brand name drug – drug supplied under a marketing name. Brand name drugs are usually protected by patents, but some generic drugs also have brand names
fold-change – a term relating to drug resistance after a phenotype resistance test.
4-fold resistance (also called a 4-fold loss in sensitivity) means you need to use four times the dose to get the same reduction in viral load.