Patients with low-level viremia on sensitive assays have an increased risk for virologic failure, but the optimal management of such patients remains unclear. One goal of antiretroviral therapy (ART) ...

In a recent study published in Molecular Biology and Evolution, researchers investigated whether denser intrahost human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) populations had a higher incidence of coinfection ...

Reviewed by Carrie D. Johnston, MD, MS, Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. "Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources ...

Evidence shows almost zero risk of sexual transmission when HIV viral loads are less than 1000 copies/mL, which could allow providers to destigmatize HIV and promote antiretroviral therapy adherence.

Systematic review of 8 studies in more than 7,700 serodiscordant couples in 25 countries finds people living with HIV with viral loads less than 1,000 copies/mL have almost zero risk of transmitting ...

Pregnant women living with HIV showed a threefold increase in the risk for placental malaria in the context of a high viral load, based on data from more than 600 individuals. In the absence of ...

BRISBANE, Australia – The risk of sexual transmission of HIV with viral loads of less than 1,000 copies per mL was almost zero, according to a meta-analysis and systematic review. In eight studies ...

Some viruses that make us sick are cleared by the immune system within days, while others lurk in our bodies for a lifetime and reemerge later to cause new problems. How and why viral levels in the ...

Hepatitis B viral load is the amount of hepatitis B virus (HBV) found in a person’s bloodstream. Hepatitis B is a viral infection that can pass from person to person through bodily fluids. It ...