parasite – an animal or plant that get nutrients and support by living on another species.
Glossary
Selected words and phrases
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.
lymphoma – name for a cancer in the lymphatic system.
treatment-naive – someone who has never taken any anti-HIV treatments before. (Note: people who are treatment naive can still be resistant to anti-HIV drugs if they were infected with a drug resistant strain of HIV}.
active – an active drug is a drug that still works to reduce viral load. The virus is still sensitive to that drug.