HBV – hepatitis B, a virus that causes liver disease.
Glossary
Selected words and phrases
candida – fungus (yeast) infection that affects the mouth and throat, gullet, sinuses, genital organs and – rarely – the brain. Also called ‘thrush’.
WHO (World Health Organisation) – international organisation involved in global responses to HIV.
anti-fungal – drug used to treat fungus infections.
half-life (T1/2) the time taken a drug to clear from the highest concentration to half this level. Drugs have different half-lives in different compartments (ie half-life in blood can be different from the half-life inside a cell). It take 5 x the half-live for a drug to be considered cleared.