Glossary

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AHC: Action hépatites Canada
RNA: Ribonucleic acid
ARV: Antiretrovirus
PHAC: Public Health Agency of Canada
Viral load: Amount of virus in an infected person’s blood.
DRSP: Regional public health department (Direction régionale de santé publique)
Portal tract: A complex in the liver that includes a bile duct, a branch of the hepatic artery, and lymphatic vessels or capillaries.
CAF: HIV and Hepatitis C Community Action Fund
Iatrogenic: an illness caused by a medical procedure
Incidence: Number of new cases of a disease within a population over a given time period
GBMSM: Gay and bisexual men who have sexual relations with other men
INSPQ: Public Health Expertise and Reference (Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec)
STBBIs: Sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections
Reportable diseases: Diseases that must be reported to public health officials
MASH (formerly NASH): Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, formerly Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
EHM: Extraepatic Manifestations of the hepatitis C virus
MSSS: Ministry of Health and Social Services (Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux)
Window period: Duration between the moment of viral transmission and the moment of screening during the test provides a reliable positive or negative result
PrEP: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Prevalence: Number of cases of a disease within a population at a given time, encompassing new cases as well as on-going ones
PWUD: People who use drugs
PWID: People who inject drugs
Septa: Name given in anatomy to describe a wall, dividing a cavity or structure into smaller ones
Serodiscordant: Relationship where one partner is infected by HIV (or another STBBI) and the other is not
Serosorting: Practice consisting of choosing one’s sexual partner based on their serological status, particularly concerning HIV
OAT: Opioid Agonist Therapy
HAV: Hepatitis A Virus
HBV: Hepatitis B Virus
HCV: Hepatitis C Virus
HDV: Hepatitis D Virus
HEV: Hepatitis E Virus
HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus

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