Glossary

retrovirus – a family of viruses that includes HIV.

malaria – a parasite infection of red blood cells.

ETR (end of treatment response) – having an undetectable HCV viral load at the end of HCV treatment. See SVR.

triglycerides (TG) – a kind of lipid (blood fat) that is generated by the liver. Untreated HIV infection reduces triglicerides and treatment increases levels again. Some HIV drugs also increase triglycerides.

viral rebound – when your viral load has been undetectable (under 50 copies/mL) and then becomes detectable. Sometimes viral rebound can be a lab error, sometimes a small temporary blip, and sometimes a real rebound that shows your virus may have developed resistance to one or more of the drugs in a combination treatment. See: virological failure.