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viral load – the amount of virus in a sample of blood or other fluid. With HIV this is commonly the amount of HIV in a millilitre (mL) of blood. See viral load test.

drug resistant mutation – a mutation or change that occurs in the HIV genome that reduces a drugs ability to work.

TD (or tid) – a short hand term for medication dosing that means ‘take three times a day’.

See also q8H.

BI – budding inhibitor. Class of HIV drug.

partially active – the HIV treatment in question will work against this virus but this is reduced compared to wild-type HIV. This is the same as partial resistance, or intermediate resistance etc.