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A viral load test shows how much HIV there is in a small sample of blood. The lower the amount the better. The aim of HIV treatment is to reduce viral load to a level which is too low to be measured by standard tests. This is called an ‘undetectable’ viral load. This means HIV is still present in your body, but at a low level.

Viral load

Near point-of-care viral load testing enables quick clinical action for people with high viral load

News
2 April 2021
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Ten-year Italian study shows that people with HIV remain undetectable for 97% of the time

News
5 March 2021
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Near point-of-care viral load tests slash waiting times in seven African countries

News
4 March 2021
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Single undetectable viral load is sufficient for U=U in the context of good adherence

Editor's pick
i-Base
25 January 2021
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

CD4 count testing has reduced with only a modest increase in viral load monitoring in southern Africa

News
23 September 2020
The search for a cure

Elite controllers may self-vaccinate against active HIV infection, gene study suggests

News
28 August 2020
Viral load

South Africa: Half of people living with HIV who need a repeat viral load test received it late

Editor's pick
Avert
26 August 2020
Economic & social inequality

Undetectable to viral rebound: When and why?

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San Francisco AIDS Foundation
24 June 2020
Viral load

When People Stop Newer HIV Meds, Time to Viral Rebound Not Better Than With Older Antiretroviral Therapy, NIH Study Finds

Editor's pick
TheBodyPro
10 June 2020
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Low level detectable viral load while taking HIV treatment is associated with poorer medical outcomes

News
4 May 2020
Changing treatment

Delaying treatment changes when first-line ART fails costs lives, says South African study

News
28 April 2020
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Black MSM are 60% less likely to have suppressed HIV than white men in Atlanta

News
16 March 2020
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Same-day viral load testing linked to significant improvements in HIV treatment

Editor's pick
Avert
2 March 2020
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Only half of those on HIV treatment are virally suppressed in Ghana

Editor's pick
Avert
12 February 2020
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Many gay men living with HIV have a misconception about their current viral load, US survey finds

News
3 February 2020
The biology of HIV transmission

Natural selection is leading to more transmissible HIV in United States

News
8 January 2020
Improving HIV care

Community-led research finds poor quality of HIV services in 14 low-and middle-income countries

News
12 December 2019
Viral load

Point-of-care viral load testing results in more switches from failing treatment

News
26 September 2019
Viral load

Kary Mullis, quirky Nobel laureate whose DNA discovery changed the science world, dies

Editor's pick
Los Angeles Times
14 August 2019
Taking an HIV test

Here’s why you test positive for HIV if you’re undetectable

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San Francisco AIDS Foundation
11 June 2019
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Significant health gains from faster switching to second-line ART in sub-Saharan Africa

News
29 May 2019
Viral load

Abbott gets WHO prequalification for point-of-care HIV test

Editor's pick
Med Tech Drive
12 May 2019
Viral load

Q&A: Understanding persistent low-level viremia in people with HIV

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Healio
19 March 2019
Viral load

More than 1 year to HIV control raises failure risk almost 10-fold

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NATAP
15 March 2019