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John Daye reports on treatments developments from the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Montréal, Canada. read more »

HIV multiplies – by ‘copying’ itself – within your body. Viral loadA measurement of the quantity of HIV RNA in the blood. Viral load blood test results are expressed as the number of copies (of HIV) per milliliter of blood plasma. refers to the amount of HIV in your blood at any given time. You can also measure viral load in other body fluids like vaginal fluids, but this is only available in a research setting. Routine viral load tests look at how much virusA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell. is in your blood. read more »

People with HIV can benefit from regular tests designed to monitor how their immune system is coping. read more »

Professor Pietro Vernazza, President of the Swiss Federal Commission on AIDS wasinvited by ASHMAustralasian Society for HIV Medicine. The peak Australasian organisation representing the medical and health sector in HIV/AIDS and related areas. to Australia to debate the statement as part of a panel. read more »

The President of the Swiss Federal AIDS Commission, which produced the controversial statement on the effect of treatment of HIV transmission earlier this year, made some qualifications to the statement on a panel of experts at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. read more »

The announcement by a group of Swiss AIDS experts that people with undetectable viral loadA measurement of the quantity of HIV RNA in the blood. Viral load blood test results are expressed as the number of copies (of HIV) per milliliter of blood plasma. are sexually non-infectious needs to be treated with caution, writes Paul Kidd. read more »

Achieving undetectable viral loadA measurement of the quantity of HIV RNA in the blood. Viral load blood test results are expressed as the number of copies (of HIV) per milliliter of blood plasma. is the primary objective of anti-HIV therapy, but for some people it’s an unattainable goal. But now, as PAUL KIDD explains, there’s encouraging news for those who can’t quite get there. read more »

Have you ever felt really run down and fatigued but when you front up for the results of your three-monthly blood test the doctor says; "Everything’s fine! Your viral loadA measurement of the quantity of HIV RNA in the blood. Viral load blood test results are expressed as the number of copies (of HIV) per milliliter of blood plasma. is undetectable and your CD4s are great”? read more »

Having regular blood tests is a fact of life for most people with HIV. That three-monthly or six-monthly bloodletting is the single most important part of monitoring the health of your immune system, but what do all those numbers mean? read more »

A viral loadA measurement of the quantity of HIV RNA in the blood. Viral load blood test results are expressed as the number of copies (of HIV) per milliliter of blood plasma. test measures the concentration of free virusA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell. in the blood. ‘Free’ means the HIV that is not inside cells. The higher the viral load, the more active HIV is considered to be. read more »