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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.

Epidemiology & behaviour

Virally suppressed people have “effectively no risk” of transmitting HIV, says US CDC: but how many are suppressed?

News
3 October 2017
PrEP science

Amsterdam PrEP failure patient had unusual course of HIV infection

News
2 October 2017
Viral load

Single measures of viral load not effective for assessing HIV suppression status

Editor's pick
Healio
8 August 2017
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Viral Rebound Unlikely for Many on ART

Editor's pick
Infectious Disease Special Edition
14 July 2017
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Viral load as low as 400 copies/ml six months after starting ART is associated with a significant ten-year mortality risk

News
5 July 2017
Resistance

HIV drug resistance testing not a priority for resource-limited settings, trial finds

News
14 June 2017
Viral load

Viral load

About HIV
May 2017
Starting treatment

Protease inhibitor drug suppresses HIV in semen more slowly than drugs from other classes

News
12 May 2017
Viral load

Time spent by people in HIV care in US with a transmissible viral load has fallen by three-quarters since 2000

News
18 February 2017
Viral load

Changes in viral suppression over time reveal disparities in HIV care in the United States

News
15 February 2017
Viral load

People taking ART in the UK have an accurate understanding of their viral load

News
16 January 2017
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Viral load testing capacity still weak in sub-Saharan Africa, 7-country study finds

News
4 January 2017
Viral load

HIV viral load testing capacities progress, require global support, multiple partners to reach 90-90-90 goals

Editor's pick
Science Speaks
6 December 2016
Viral load

If at First an HIV Viral Load Blips, Test, Test (the Same Sample) Again

Editor's pick
The Body Pro
9 November 2016
Viral load

Spanish study gives reassurance: small HIV blips do not predict treatment failure

News
21 September 2016
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

HIV effort let down by test shortages, says WHO

Editor's pick
BBC Health
24 August 2016
Viral load

Viral load pilot study shows roll-out will depend on an educated workforce

News
22 July 2016
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

More confidence on zero risk: still no transmissions seen from people with an undetectable viral load in PARTNER study

News
19 July 2016
Viral load

MSF Report - Making Viral Load Routine

Editor's pick
MSF
12 July 2016
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Less frequent CD4 and viral load monitoring safe for people doing well on ART

News
13 June 2016
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Very high levels of drug resistance seen in people experiencing first-line antiretroviral therapy failure in Kenya

News
31 May 2016
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Indian study proves that more people virally suppressed in a population equals fewer HIV infections

News
6 April 2016
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

People with HIV considerably overestimate their chance of infecting someone

News
24 February 2016
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

HIV and drug resistance

Editor's pick
UNAIDS
9 February 2016