malaria – a parasite infection of red blood cells.
Glossary
Selected words and phrases
combination therapy – using three or more drugs together to treat HIV. It is also called triple therapy, cART (combination antiretroviral therapy) or HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy).
dronabinol – medicine made from the active ingredient in marijuana. Dronabinol is approved in the US but is no longer available in the UK.
prenatal – before birth. The time in which the foetus (developing baby) grows in the uterus.
blip – small, occasional increase in viral load.