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OAR                          Office of AIDS Research

            OARAC                        Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council
            OI                           opportunistic infection
            PAH                          pulmonary arterial hypertension
            PCP                          Pneumocystis jirocevi pneumonia or Pneumocystis pneumonia

            PDE5                         phosphodiesterase type 5
            PegIFN                       peginterferon
            p-gp                         p-glycoprotein
            PI                           protease inhibitor
            PK                           pharmacokinetic
            PMTCT                        prevention of mother-to-child transmission

            PNS                          peripheral nervous system
            PO                           by mouth
            PPI                          proton pump inhibitor
            PR                           protease (gene)

            PT                           prothrombin time


            QTc                          QT corrected for heart rate


            RAL                          raltegravir
            RBV                          ribavirin

            RPV                          rilpivirine
            RT                           reverse transcriptase (gene)
            RT-PCR                       reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
            RTV                          ritonavir



            SJS                          Stevens-Johnson syndrome
            soln                         solution
            SPT                          skin patch test
            SQV                          saquinavir
            SQV/r                        saquinavir/ritonavir

            STD                          sexually transmitted disease
            SVR                          sustained virologic response


            t ½                          half-life

            T20                          enfuvirtide
            tab                          tablet
            TAM                          thymidine analogue mutation
            TB                           tuberculosis

            Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents         N-5

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