The treatment's goal is to bring the viral load to "undetectable" levels, which generally means less than 40 to 75 copies of the virus per one milliliter of blood, though this range of numbers can ...

As their viral load (number of virus copies per milliliter of blood) skyrockets, an afflicted person’s number of CD4 cells plummets, leaving them vulnerable to opportunistic infections.

Three recently approved drugs, when used in combination and with optimized background therapy, ... TRIO of New HIV Drugs Leads to Undetectable Viral Load in 90% of Treatment-Experienced Patients.

When a person is living with HIV and is on effective treatment, it lowers the level of HIV (the viral load) in the blood. When the levels are extremely low (below 200 copies/ml of blood measured) it ...

Background: There have been no previous studies of the long-term survival and temporal changes in plasma viral load among HIV-2 infected subjects. Methods: 133 HIV-2 infected and 158 HIV ...

HIV is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system, and if not treated, it can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS. LaTonya has been living with HIV for about 20 years, she said ...