Glossary

event-based dosing –  See EBD.

seroreversion – the word for when the baby born to an HIV-positive mother, no longer has the mother’s antibodies to HIV.

mega-HAART – a term for a drug combination that uses five or more HIV drugs, usually including 2–3 protease inhibitors. Rarely used now.

baseline – baseline refers to the start of any period being studied. For someone who is HIV positive, their baseline CD4 and viral load counts are the first tests they ever had taken. For someone entering a study, the baseline results refer to their test results at the start of the study. Baseline results for following resistance refers to the results of the first resistance test.

SC (sub-cutaneous) – under the skin. See IV (intravenous) and IM (intra-muscular).