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Viral Load Testing
The Basics
- FAQs About HIV Viral Load Tests (Regularly Updated)
From The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums
- Blood Work: Two Common Tests to Use for Monitoring HIV Disease (January 2008)
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From Project Inform
- Viral Load Tests (September 28, 2007)
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From AIDS InfoNet
- 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
Research on Viral Load
- Study Finds HIV "Hides From Drugs for Years" (March 31, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Study Confirms Importance of CD4 Increase, Undetectable Viral Load After Starting HAART (March 28, 2008)
From aidsmap.com
- Lower Adherence May Precede Viral Load "Blips" (September 28, 2006)
In 46th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- HIV JournalView: Persistent, Low-Level Viremia May Breed Resistance (September 2005)
Whether treatment should be switched in viremic patients depends on the regimen and the viral load level, a new study suggests.
From The Body PRO
- HIV JournalView: How Stable Is "Stable" Low-Level Viremia? (January 2005)
Part of HIV JournalView's Top 10 Research Reports of 2004.
From The Body PRO
- Viral Load Between 400 and 20,000 Can Still Maintain Patient Health (September 7, 2004)
Partially suppressive HAART appears to protect against death and illness as well as fully suppressive HAART.
From aidsmap.com
- Viral Load Test One Month After Starting HAART May Help Predict Treatment Success (September 3, 2004)
From aidsmap.com
- HIV JournalView: Many Patients Remain Stable Despite Persistent Low-Level Viremia (September 2004)
From The Body PRO
- One for the Blipper (November 2003)
A review of recent studies on the causes of viral load blips and variable HIV replication rates.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Dynamics of Viral Rebound in Plasma and Semen After Stopping Effective Antiretroviral Therapy (July 11, 2002)
In The XIV International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
- The Buzz: The Disconnect Syndrome -- A Controversial Dilemma (May/June 2002)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Viral Blips and Virologic Failure (April 29, 2002)
Study results presented at Retrovirus 2002.
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In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Measles Found to Suppress HIV (April 12, 2002)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Are Episodes of Transient Viremia ("Blips" in HIV RNA) Predictive of Virologic Failure in Heavily Treatment-Experienced Patients? (February 27, 2002)
In The 9th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
- Antiretroviral Therapy Update: HIV Viral Load Response to Antiretroviral Therapy Based on CD4 Cell Count and Viral Load (January 31, 2002)
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In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
- HIV Viral Load in Genital Tract and Blood Not Parallel (December 2001)
In HEPP News, from Brown Medical School
- New Finding May Help Doctors Prevent HIV Drug Resistance (November 22, 2001)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Viral "Blips" May Not Indicate Treatment Failure (November 2001)
In OUTReach, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Ability of Patients With HIV Infection to Predict Changes in Their Own CD4+ Lymphocyte and Viral Load Measurements (October 27, 2001)
In 39th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, from The Body PRO
- Frequent Monitoring of Viral Load Improves Outcome (October 9, 2001)
From California Collaborative Treatment Group 570 team
- Ask the Expert: A New Infection With an Undetectable Viral Load (October 2001)
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In HEPP News, from Brown Medical School
- Immunologic Profile of HIV-Infected Patients During Viral Remission and Relapse on Antiretroviral Therapy (October 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Low-Level HIV Viral Rebound and Blips in Patients Receiving Potent Antiretroviral Therapy (February 7, 2001)
In The 8th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
- Viral Reservoirs and Ongoing Virus Replication in Patients on HAART: Implications for Clinical Management) (February 5, 2001)
From The Body PRO
- Scrub Typhus: Infection Reduces Viral Load in Some Patients (August 18, 2000)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
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