Glossary

Selected words and phrases

toxoplasmosis (toxo) – an opportunistic infection caused by a protozoa. The risk to develop toxo increases after CD4 counts fall below 100 cells/mm3.

Toxo section of the training manual.

non-nuke – a common term for NNRTI.

resistance – when the genetic structure of an organism (virus, bacteria, fungi etc) changes in a way that stops a drug from working. See mutation.

Changing treatment and drug resistance.

coinfection – having more than one infection, eg HIV and TB, or HIV and hepatitis C.

QD (or qd) – a short hand term for medication dosing that means ‘once-daily’.