Glossary

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HAARTsearch for term

Highly Active AntiRetroviral Therapy ??? aggressive treatment of HIV infection using several different drugs together.

See also: antiretroviral, antiviral, drug class, nucleoside analogue, protease inhibitor Synonyms: combination therapy
HBVsearch for term

Hepatitis B virus

See also: HCV, hepatitis
HCVsearch for term

Hepatitis C virus.

See also: HBV, hepatitis
hepatitissearch for term

Any inflammation of the liver. It is usually caused by viral infection, toxic agents or drugs but may be an autoimmune response. It is characterised by jaundice, abdominal pain, liver enlargement and sometimes fever. The different types of viral hepatitis include hepatitis A (formerly called infectious hepatitis), hep B (serum hepatitis), hep C (formerly called non-A, non-B hepatitis), and hepatitis D, E, F and G.

See also: ALT, bilirubin, HBV, HCV, liver Synonyms: hep
HIV groupsearch for term

One of three groups into which different strains of HIV-1 have been classified: group M ("major"), group O ("outlier") and group N ("new"). The vast majority of HIV strains belong to group M.

See also: HIV-1, strain, subtype Synonyms: group O, group N, group M
HIV-1search for term

One of two distinct HIV species, HIV-1 is the predominant type in Australia and around the world.

See also: HIV group, HIV-2, strain, subtype
HIV-2search for term

A distinct and separate species of HIV, HIV-2 is rare outside West Africa and appears to be more difficult to transmit than HIV-1.

See also: HIV-1
hypertensionsearch for term

Persistently high blood pressure, an outwardly symptomless condition which carries an increased risk of serious illnesses such as stroke, heart disease and heart attack.

Synonyms: high blood pressure
hypothesissearch for term

A supposition or assumption advanced as a basis for reasoning or argument, or as a guide to experimental investigation.