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KS – Kaposi’s sarcoma.

Cancer: lymphoma and sarcoma.

multi-disciplinary – a team approach to care, involving several different professionals.

HCV – hepatitis C, a virus that causes liver disease.

Guide to HIV and hepatitis C coinfection.

lactate – waste product produced when sugar is turned into energy by the body.

primary mutation – see major mutation.