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active – an active drug is a drug that still works to reduce viral load. The virus is still sensitive to that drug.

European Medicines Agency (EMA) – the EMA is the part of the European Union that is responsible for approving and regulating human and animal medicines and medical products.

See: www.ema.europa.eu/en

febrile – medical word relating to fever

null hypothesis – in a study this sometimes just refers to the hypothesis, but more specifically it refers the idea that any difference between 2 study groups has only occurred by chance.

TST – tuberculosis skin test