Glossary

partially active – the HIV treatment in question will work against this virus but this is reduced compared to wild-type HIV. This is the same as partial resistance, or intermediate resistance etc.

AIDS – acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

immune system – the system that your body uses to fight infections.

substitution therapy – using a prescription drug, eg methadone or buprenorphine, to stop using heroin.

seroreversion – the word for when the baby born to an HIV-positive mother, no longer has the mother’s antibodies to HIV.