Viral Load Testing: Basics

FAQs About HIV Viral Load Tests (February 27, 2013)
From The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums
Viral Load Tests (February 19, 2013)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Understanding HIV-Related Lab Tests II: Viral Load, Resistance and Tropism (June 2012)
From The Well Project
What Does an Undetectable Viral Load REALLY Mean? A Blog Entry by Gary Bell (April 11, 2012)
"There are many well documented benefits to reducing the viral load of an HIV+ individual to an undetectable level. Unfortunately, there also remains a some haziness about the term 'undetectable.' In actuality, it is somewhat of a misnomer."
From TheBody.com
Women and HIV Viral Load (February 2012)
From The Well Project
Diagnostic, Monitoring and Resistance Laboratory Tests for HIV (June 2010)
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From New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
HIV Viral Load Testing (2009)
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From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
Blood Work: Two Common Tests to Use for Monitoring HIV Disease (January 2008)
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From Project Inform
Viral Load Tests (August 15, 2006)
From AIDS Treatment Data Network
Battle of the Sexes: Gender-Based Differences in Viral Load (Winter 2002/2003)
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In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
Viral Load and T-Cell (CD4) Counts: Why They Matter (May 11, 2001)
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In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Reasons for Hope: Chasing the End Zone -- An Update on "Ultrasensitive" Viral Load Tests (March 1999)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Viral Load Testing (December 15, 1998)
In AIDS 101: Guide to HIV Basics, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
What Is a Viral Load? (Fall 1998)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Not Perfect, But Good Enough (June 1998)
CD4 counts can rise dramatically even when viral loads do not drop to undetectable levels.
In AIDS Care, from San Francisco General Hospital
Viral Load: How Low Can You Go? (May 1998)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles

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