Glossary

INI (integrase inhibitor) – type of HIV drug.

Drug targets in the virus life cycle.

salvage therapy – a term for the combination therapy used after someone has developed resistance to three or more classes of HIV drugs. Also called ‘third-line’ or ‘rescue therapy’ or ‘treatment of patients with multidrug resistance’.

virus – an infectious organism that can only reproduce inside the cell of another plant or animal.

protozoa – a single-celled animals that are larger and more complex than bacteria.

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome – see: IRIS