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Selected words and phrases

febrile – medical word relating to fever

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.

HHV-8 – Human Herpes Virus-8. The virus associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS). Also called Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV).

lactate – waste product produced when sugar is turned into energy by the body.

malaria – a parasite infection of red blood cells.