Efforts to provide laboratory facilities where HIV viral load can be tested with the newest assays must be a priority in resource-limited settings.

Viral load – The amount of HIV in a person's blood. This is measured in terms of the number of HIV RNA molecules — the virus's genetic material — found in a milliliter of blood.

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Long-acting injectable cabotegravir along with Rilpivirine (CAB/RPV LA) is also available as treatment for people living with HIV who have suppressed viral load (once every two months). But it is not ...

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Increased PrEP usage is linked to decreased HIV diagnosis rates, with a notable decline from 13.0 to 10.6 per 100,000 over a decade. State-level PrEP coverage significantly impacts HIV diagnosis rates ...

In August 2024, the World Health Organization declared a second "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" for mpox.

Preliminary evidence suggests that virological failures in plasma in the range of 5000-10,000 HIV-RNA copies/ml can reliably provide quantitation values for viral load using DBS. [32, 33, 34] ...

Whether antiretroviral therapy (ART) is always completely suppressive, or HIV might continue to replicate at low levels despite ART in some people with HIV (PWH), is still debated. Here, we ...

In August 2024, the World Health Organization declared a second "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" for mpox.

Gay men in Nigeria said that they tested positive for HIV two months after losing access to a US-supplied drug that drastically decreases the risk of contracting the virus.