cross-resistance – when resistance to one drug causes resistance to other similar drugs.
This commonly happens for every class or family of HIV drugs: nukes, NNRTIs, PIs, integrase inhibitors and entry inhibitors.
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SVR (sustained virological response) – having a negative HCV viral load test 6 months after stopping HCV treatment. The response, 6 months after treatment is stopped, determines whether treatment has been effective in terms of clearing HCV. SVR is the most important result from an HCV treatment trial. See ETR.
lymph (or lymphatic) system – vessels, nodes, organs and clear fluid, that are part of the immune system.
HBV – hepatitis B, a virus that causes liver disease.
methadone – a man-made opiate that used to treat heroin addiction. See also buprenorphine.