Glossary

blip – small, occasional increase in viral load.

drug resistant (HIV) – HIV that is harder to treat because of genetic changes.

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.

macrophage – large white blood cell that engulfs or ‘eats’ infectious organisms and waste material from dead cells.

nucleus – the central part of some cells that contains DNA.