Glossary

drug resistant mutation – a mutation or change that occurs in the HIV genome that reduces a drugs ability to work.

resistance tests – tests to show changes to HIV that are associated with drug resistance. Genotype resistance test looks for genetic changes. Phenotype resistance test see whether individual drugs are still active when placed in a test tube with HIV.

Resistance tests.

gastrointestinal tract (or GI tract) is where we digest our food. It is a long tube that runs from the mouth to the anus. The gastrointestinal tract begins with the mouth and then becomes the oesophagus (food pipe), stomach, duodenum, small intestine, large intestine (colon), rectum and, finally, the anus. It is also called the GI tract.

bacteria – single-cell micro-organisms without a nucleus.

BD (or bid) – a short hand term for medication dosing that means ‘twice-daily’.

See also q12H.