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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: BMJ. 2017 Dec 11;359:j5011. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j5011
Breakthrough infection/PrEP failure An HIV infection in a person fully adherent to PrEP
Combination prevention Programmes that use a mix of biomedical, behavioural and structural interventions
FTC Emtricitabine An antiretroviral used in PrEP
OLE Open label extension Typically a follow-on of a placebo-controlled clinical trial, where all participants are given open-label study drug (both they and the investigators know the drug is active and not a placebo)
PrEP Pre-exposure prophylaxis The use of antiretroviral medications by HIV-uninfected individuals to prevent acquisition of HIV
Risk compensation The adjustment of behaviour in response to perceived changes in risk, in the case of PrEP, protection causing people to increase sexual behaviour that may involve exposure to HIV.
Serodifferent partnership One partner is infected with HIV and the other is not
Seroconcordant partnership Both partners are infected with HIV, or both partners are uninfected
TasP Treatment as Prevention The public health strategy of treating HIV-infected individuals to reduce HIV incidence in the population
TDF Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate An antiretroviral used in PrEP
Waitlisted trial Trial design where participants receive the intervention immediately or after a deferred period