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Intermediate level resistance – when a drug still has some impact on HIV, but when this is reduced (compared to wild-type HIV) because there is some drug resistance.

HBV – hepatitis B, a virus that causes liver disease.

Hepatitis B.

treatment-experienced – someone who has previously used anti-HIV treatments.

lymph (or lymphatic) system – vessels, nodes, organs and clear fluid, that are part of the immune system.

opportunistic infection (OI) – an infection that occurs after your immune system has been damaged by HIV.

OI chapter of the training manual.