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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
The most severe stage of kidney (renal) disease, at which point the kidneys are barely functioning, if at all. The treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is dialysis or a kidney transplant.
Industry:Health care
The most severe stage of liver disease, at which point the liver is barely functioning, if at all. The treatment for end-stage liver disease (ESLD) is a liver transplant.
Industry:Health care
The naturally occurring, non-mutated strain of a virus. When exposed to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, wild-type HIV can develop mutations that make the virus resistant to specific ARV drugs.
Industry:Health care
The number of new cases of a disease in a specific area during a specific time period.
Industry:Health care
The number of tablets, capsules, or other dosage forms that a person takes on a regular basis. A high pill burden can make it difficult to adhere to an HIV treatment regimen.
Industry:Health care
The number or proportion of people with a particular disease or condition in a given population and at a specific time.
Industry:Health care
The origin and development of a disease. Pathogenesis includes the specific processes that occur during the development of a disease.
Industry:Health care
The outer coat of HIV, made up of two layers of lipids (fatty molecules). HIV uses specific proteins embedded in its envelope to enter host cells.
Industry:Health care
The outer coat of HIV, made up of two layers of lipids (fatty molecules). HIV uses specific proteins embedded in its envelope to enter host cells.
Industry:Health care
The overall occurrence of a disease or condition within a defined population at one time, as measured by blood tests (serologic tests).
Industry:Health care
