Glossary

PCP – pneumocystis jiroveci (new) or pneumocystis carinii (old). A fungal infection that causes pneumonia.

PCP section of the training manual.

frequency – how often.

grade/grading – the grade of hepatitis infection refers to the amount of inflammation in liver tissue, found by a biopsy. It is usually measured on the Ishak scale from 1-18) where 0 is none and 18 is the maximum. See staging.

phenotype test – a type of drug resistance that tests whether a drug is sensitive or resistance to a sample of HIV.

nucleotide – the building blocks of the genetic code (DNA/RNA). Also called a base.