Glossary

Cmax – highest concentration of a drug after a dose.

What happens when you take a drug?

chronic infection – established infection (everything after the first 6 months)

mitochondria – energy producing factories that live inside other cells.

confirmatory test – a second test to double-check the results of a previous one. For example, if your viral load is usually undetectable and then becomes detectable, you need a second confirmatory test. This is to check that the detectable result was not a laboratory error on just a temporary blip.

symptomatic – showing signs of illness.