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HBV – hepatitis B, a virus that causes liver disease.

Hepatitis B.

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.

WHO website.

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.

What happens when you take a drug?