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DAART
           See: Directly Administered Antiretroviral Therapy


        DAIDS
           See: Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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        Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB)
           An independent committee of community representatives and
           clinical research experts who review data while a clinical trial is
           in progress to ensure that participants are not exposed to undue
           risk. A DSMB may recommend that a trial be stopped if there are
           safety concerns or if the trial objectives have been achieved, or the
           DSMB can require changes to the study design to ensure safety of
           participants.


        Dementia
           See: AIDS Dementia Complex (ADC)


        Dendritic Cell
           A type of antigen-presenting cell that picks up foreign substances
           from the bloodstream and presents them to other parts of the
           immune system, which activates an immune response against the
           foreign invader.
           See Also:  Antigen-Presenting Cell (APC)
                    Antigen


        Dendritic Cell Vaccine
           Vaccine made of antigens and dendritic antigen-presenting cells.
           Dendritic cell vaccines are being studied as possible therapeutic HIV
           vaccines to treat HIV-infected people.
           See Also:  Therapeutic HIV Vaccine
                    Dendritic Cell

        Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
           Chemical structure that contains the genetic instructions for
           reproduction and protein synthesis for all cells and for many viruses.



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