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“U=U” stands for “Undetectable = Untransmittable,” a public health message endorsed by UNAIDS, the WHO and other organizations, which means a person with HIV who is on effective antiretroviral therapy ...
Discover how understanding your viral load and CD4 count puts you in control of HIV treatment and transforms confusing ...
The field of HIV treatment has witnessed a significant transformation since the mid-1990s with the introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy ...
Increased PrEP usage is linked to decreased HIV diagnosis rates, with a notable decline from 13.0 to 10.6 per 100,000 over a decade. State-level PrEP coverage significantly impacts HIV diagnosis rates ...
Viral load – The amount of HIV in a person's blood. This is measured in terms of the number of HIV RNA molecules — the virus's genetic material — found in a milliliter of blood.
Most (85%) of the patients enrolled in the study reached viral suppression during the study period (January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023); 72% reached viral suppression in 120 days or less, and 93 ...
At a national level, the data indicates that viral load testing for HIV was up 1% in March 2025 compared with March 2024. However, a comparison of the number of viral load tests conducted in April ...
There were 219 women included in this study who were living with HIV in British Columbia. A total of 95% of the participants could estimate their recent viral load, of which 91% did so accurately ...
The CDC recommends everyone between 13 and 64 get tested for HIV at least once as part of routine healthcare. For those with risk factors, testing should happen more frequently.
The CDC's Division of AIDS Prevention falls under the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention. The agency's operating budget for 2023 included nearly $1.3 billion ...
A total of 97.2% of the participants with HIV and viral load results after 12 months were virally suppressed, with 96.7% of the alcohol reduction incentive group and 97.6% of the no alcohol ...