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Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Many men with undetectable HIV in blood still have low levels in their semen, studies find

A study of 101 gay men at the Fenway Health HIV clinic in Boston, USA (Politch) has found that a quarter of men with undetectable

Published
02 April 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Treatment outcomes and life expectancy
Is a viral load just below 50 copies/ml low enough to ensure the long-term success of HIV therapy?

Suppressing viral load to below 50 copies/ml may not be enough to ensure the long-term success of antiretroviral therapy, according to a UK study published in the

Published
16 January 2012
By
Michael Carter
Viral load
Low HIV viral load doesn't cause inflammation or increase the risk of death

Low level viral load does not increase inflammation or the risk of death, US investigators report in the online journal PloS One. The investigators had hypothesised that

Published
08 November 2011
By
Michael Carter
Viral load
Swiss show that concerns about potency of HIV therapy in context of non-subtype B infections are unfounded

Patients infected with non-B HIV subtypes have virological outcomes which are at least as good – if not better – than those seen in patients with subtype

Published
25 October 2011
By
Michael Carter
Treatment outcomes and life expectancy
'High viral load' should mean over half a million copies, not over 100,000, Rome study suggests

A study by the University of Rome has found that a substantial proportion of patients with HIV are being diagnosed with viral loads of over half a

Published
24 October 2011
By
Gus Cairns
Viral load
Missed appointments in early years of HIV care associated with longer time to HIV suppression and higher cumulative viral load

Patients who miss clinic appointments in the two years after they enter HIV care take longer to suppress their viral load to undetectable levels and also have

Published
28 September 2011
By
Michael Carter
Viral load
Cumulative viral load: an important measure of risk of death in patients with HIV

Cumulative viral load - the total amount of viral replication measured over a long period - is associated with the risk of death for patients with

Published
12 September 2011
By
Michael Carter
Treatment outcomes and life expectancy
HIV treatment outcomes poorer in adolescents and young adults

Adolescents and young adults appear less likely to benefit from antiretroviral therapy compared with adults.

Published
11 August 2011
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Resistance
Low but detectable viral load during HIV treatment involves a risk of resistance

Drug resistance frequently develops in patients who have a persistent low detectable viral load when taking HIV therapy, US investigators report in the August 15th edition of

Published
02 August 2011
By
Michael Carter
Confirmatory viral load reduces HIV treatment switches fourfold in 6-country African study

Targeted viral load testing to confirm treatment failure reduced unnecessary treatment regimen switches four-fold compared to clinical-immunological criteria alone (viral load <1000 copies/ml 12.4% and 46.9%, p<0.001, respectively)

Published
06 July 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
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