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pharmacokinetics – the study of how drugs are absorbed, metabolised and cleared from the body.

mega-HAART – a term for a drug combination that uses five or more HIV drugs, usually including 2–3 protease inhibitors. Rarely used now.

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

Hepatitis B.

virology – the study of viruses.

fibrosis – mild to moderate scarring of the liver (see cirrhosis)