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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.

Retention & linkage to care

Six in ten US HIV infections are transmitted by people who know they have HIV but are not in care

News
7 April 2015
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Does HIV make you fat? Study connects viral load with fat gains

News
6 March 2015
Retention & linkage to care

Financial incentives did not improve linkage to care or viral suppression in US study

News
28 February 2015
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

No HIV transmissions from HIV-positive partner seen in Australian gay couples study

News
27 February 2015
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Combining PrEP and ART could almost eliminate HIV infection, east African study finds

News
26 February 2015
How HIV works

Researchers may have caught HIV becoming more virulent

News
19 February 2015
Viral load

An HIV Doctor Tells You If Undetectable Really Is the New Negative

Editor's pick
The Body
28 January 2015
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Starting HIV treatment early and then interrupting is no better than delaying it

News
22 January 2015
Viral load

Cepheid and FIND Announce European Approval of Xpert HIV-1 Viral Load

Editor's pick
Cepheid press release
21 January 2015
The search for a cure

Elite controllers may pay a high price for their low viral load

News
7 January 2015
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Issue Brief: Achieving undetectable: what questions remain in scaling-up HIV virologic treatment monitoring?

Editor's pick
MSF
15 December 2014
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

HIV has become more virulent over time, not less, European study finds

News
10 December 2014
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Sophisticated HIV diagnostics adapted for remote areas

Editor's pick
Science Daily
10 December 2014
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Sophisticated HIV diagnostics adapted for remote areas

Editor's pick
National Institutes of Health
2 December 2014
Adherence

Positive response to 'gift tokens for undetectable viral load' trial

News
24 November 2014
CD4 count

The genetics of coping with HIV

Editor's pick
Science Daily
12 November 2014
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

HIV superinfection associated with accelerated viral load increase but has no impact on clinical disease progression

News
19 August 2014
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Study shows prognostic value of viral load monitoring among people living with subtype C HIV in South Africa

News
2 June 2014
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Viral Load Testing Dismally Absent in Africa

Editor's pick
Inter Press Service
20 May 2014
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Can we provide point-of-care viral load tests in poor countries?

News
10 April 2014
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Standard HIV treatment achieves high concentrations in female genital tract and suppresses shedding of virus

News
1 April 2014
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

HIV viral load in semen can differ in two samples provided within one hour

News
1 April 2014
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Only having sex with same-status partners is an HIV prevention strategy for 40% of gay men

News
11 March 2014
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Is Viral Load Testing for HIV a Realistic Strategy in Developing Countries?

Editor's pick
PLOS Blogs
28 February 2014