| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| INSTIs | Integrase strand-transfer inhibitors |
| ART | Antiretroviral therapy |
| 3′-PPT | 3′polypurine tract |
| RAMs | Resistance-associated mutations |
| CRF | Circulating recombinant form |
| T | Threonine |
| A | Alanine |
| N | Asparagine |
| K | Lysine |
| E | Glutamic Acid |
| Q | Glutamine |
| M | Methionine |
| I | Isoleucine |
| S | Serine |
| R | Arginine |
| L | Leucine |
| D | Aspartic Acid |
| V | Valine |
| G | Glycine |
| C | Cysteine |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| kDa | Kilodalton |
| Aa | Amino acids |
| AIDS | Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| FDA | United States Food and Drug Administration |
| RAL | Raltegravir |
| EVG | Elvitegravir |
| DTG | Dolutegravir |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| SSA | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| PLWH | People living with HIV |
| DRMs | Drug-resistance mutations |
| URF | Unique recombinant form |
| LTR | Long terminal repeats |
| UNMC | University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| CD4 | cluster of differentiation 4 |
| FACS | Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting |
| RT-PCR | Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| cDNA | complementary DNA |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| FDR | False discovery rate |