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Southern Alberta Clinic: HIV/AIDS Glossary

Seroprevalence? Immunoglobulin? Toxoplasmosis? The world of HIV/AIDS is full of complex terminology that spans the realms of medicine, pharmacy, research, and epidemiology. Our on-line glossary will help you understand the terms you may come across. Use the letters at the top to find the term you are looking for.

Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge Health Canada and the ACP Journal Club for some of the clinical trial definitions provided in this glossary.

We would like to acknowledge the Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) and Health Canada for most of the epidemiological definitions provided in this glossary.

We would like to acknowledge Jonathan R. Neubeker, Paul Barach and Matthew H. Samore (Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:795-801) for several pharmacological definitions provided in this glossary.

We would like to acknowledge the Canadian AIDS Society (CAS), Health Canada and the ACP Journal Club for most of the statistical definitions provided in this glossary.

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Other HIV/AIDS Glossaries

• AIDSInfo (in English and Spanish)
  http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/Glossary/GlossaryDefaultCenterPage.aspx?MenuItem=AIDSinfoTools
• Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC)
  www.gmhc.org/health/glossary.html
• San Francisco AIDS Foundation
  www.sfaf.org/custom/glossary.aspx

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