How Do You Know If You're Undetectable With Hiv

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Undetectable Viral Load Infection and Superinfection (FINDINGS SUGGEST HIV CAN BE TRANSMITTED FROM MSM WITH UNDETECTABLE VIRAL LOAD 2009) (SUPERINFECTION, 2009)

Thanks for your comments and information about the possibility that people with undetectable viral might be able to infect HIV negative people and contribute to HIV superinfection, but is there any research revealing the actual numbers of such...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,No, we do not have reliable information as to how often this phenomenon occurs. As you can probably imagine it is quite challenging to conclusively prove that a particular strain of HIV was transmitted to an already infected individual. This... Read more »

What are the chances of going from undetectable to relapse & continuing treatment to undetectable again?

I am coinfected with HIV & Hep C genotype 1. Was diagnosed with HIV back in 1997 but have been... Read more »

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D. »

Undetectable viral load in blood = undetectable viral load in semen?

My viral load has been undetectable for 6 months. I don't have the desire to play russian... Read more »

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C. »

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Articles

Sexual Encounters With Undetectable HIV-Positive Men

Many HIV experts have recently become embroiled in a new controversy: Does an undetectable viral load translate to significant reduction in HIV transmission during sex? If so, are condoms necessary? What message should be imparted by physicians to... Read more »

The HIV Community Sounds Off: Does "Undetectable" Mean "Uninfectious"?

One of the most provocative sessions of the XVII International AIDS Conference likely took place before the conference even officially began. In a charged satellite event, a panel of researchers and a huge audience took part in a debate over whether... Read more »

Sixty to 65% of Treatment-Experienced Patients on a Regimen With Darunavir + Etravirine Undetectable at 24 Weeks: An Interview With Anthony Mills, M.D.

Listen (3.5MB, 8.5 min.) Dr. Mills, could you talk me through the DUET 1 ,2 slides? Absolutely. The DUET was a study that we started just over a year ago now, and the whole purpose of the study was to provide two new fully functional... Read more »

Practically Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Meds

You may have seen a handy little graphic on what to use when starting HIV therapy. It appears in every issue of Positively Aware's Annual HIV Drug Guide , among other places. That graphic is taken from U.S. HIV treatment guidelines, but there is... Read more »

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HIV subtype undetectable by the ELISA?

Posted by mariana, 3 Replies

According to Dr Steve is undetectable HIV subtype O N and M. .. own Western Asia and Africa ... elisa tests do not detect it then? as we know if we have this variant? as we have had symptoms of acute retroviral syndrome and are a few that we feel... Read more »

Undetectable for 2+yrs

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Why am I alive after being + for at least 16 yrs? I've been off HIV meds for over 2 yrs. and its a wonderful feeling to not be murdered by stupidity as all my trusting friends were. Just like cattle, they did as they were told and died from the... Read more »

no longer undetectable.........

Posted by daisey6205, 3 Replies

i had labs done last week.... first question i asked my doc was why have i not had a viral load count? guess i spoke to soon. she told me that she had been seeing a patient that has had hiv for 15 years and just recently developed a detectable vl.
wel... Read more »

Viral load 334,000 to undetectable in 5 months

Posted by DJones, 3 Replies

Just wanted to give some people hope. In January 2009 I was diagnosed with AIDS and had a viral load of 334,000 and a TCell count of 106. In five months on Atripla I now am undetectable and have a TCell count of 284. So there is good news out... Read more »

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