Glossary

arrhythmia is the medical terms for a disturbance of the heart’s natural rhythm.

• tachycardia refers to when the heart beats too fast.
• bradycardia is when the heart beats too slowly.

macrophage – large white blood cell that engulfs or ‘eats’ infectious organisms and waste material from dead cells.

combination – mixture of drugs to treat HIV.

CART – combination anti-retroviral therapy.

escape mutation – a mutation or change in the genetic structure of HIV that makes it easier to evade the persons immune system (rather than a mutation that stops an HIV drug from working).