Guide to Abbreviations

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	Editor In Chief Joel E. Gallant, MD, MPH Pharmacology Editor Paul Pham, PharmD, BCPS Zambia Guideline Team Peter Mwaba MMed PhD FRCP Alywn Mwinga MMed Isaac Zulu MMed MPH Velepie Mtonga MMed Albert Mwango MBChB Jabbin Mulwanda MMed FCS

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Guide to Abbreviations

04-29-2008

Drug Administration:

qd/od = once daily
bid/bd = twice daily
tid/tds = three times daily
qid/qds = four times daily

Abbreviations:

3TC - Lamivudine
ABC - Abacavir
AIDS - Acquired immune deficiency syndrome/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
APCA - African Palliative Care Association
ALT - Alanine aminotransferase
ANC - Antenatal Clinic
ARVs - Antiretroviral drugs
ART - Antiretroviral therapy
AST - Aspartate aminotransferase
AZT - Zidovudine
CCT - Confidential counselling and testing
CD4 count - CD4+ T cell count (helper T cell count)
CNS - Central nervous system
CSO - Civil Society Organisation
CTX - Cotrimoxazole (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole)
d4T - Stavudine
DBS - Dried blood spots
ddI - Didanosine
DS - Double-strength
DM - Diabetes mellitus
EFV - Efavirenz
FTC - Emtricitabine
ESR - Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
FBC - Full blood count
HAART - Highly active antiretroviral therapy
HBC - Home based care
HBsAg - Hepatitis B surface antigen
HCV - Hepatitis C virus
HSV - Herpes simplex virus
HIV - Human immunodeficiency virus
HMIS - Health management information system
IRIS - Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
IDV - Indinavir
IBD - Inflammatory bowel disease
IBS - Irritable bowel syndrome
IPT - Intermittent presumptive therapy
LPV/r - Lopinavir/ritonavir
NAISP - National AIDS Intervention Strategic Plan
NARF - NAC Activity Reporting Form
NASF - National AIDS Strategic Framework
NNRTI - Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
NSAID - Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
NRTI - Nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor
NVP - Nevirapine
OVC - Orphans and vulnerable children
Pap smear - Papaninicolou smear
PCAZ - Palliative Care Association of Zambia
PCP - Pneumocystis pneumonia
PEP - Post-exposure prophylaxis
PLHA/PLWHA - People living with HIV and /or AIDS
PMTCT - Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
PI - Protease inhibitors
QA - Quality assurance
STI - Sexually transmitted infection
SS - Single-strength
THPAZ - Traditional Health Practitioners Association of Zambia
TDF - Tenofovir
VL - Viral load
WHO - World Health Organization
ZDV - Zidovudine

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