Overview
News
- HIV Viral Load Trends in San Francisco, 2001-2011 (August 17, 2012)
From HIVandHepatitis.com
- Using Viral Load Data to Monitor HIV Burden and Treatment Outcomes in the United States (February 7, 2012)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
More on Low (but Detectable) Viral Loads -- Is Knowing This Useful? (February 3, 2012)
From Journal Watch
- New Viral Load Technologies: Potential for a Real-Time Virologic Mess: A Blog Entry by Bethsheba Johnson, G.N.P.-B.C., A.A.H.I.V.S. (July 7, 2011)
From TheBodyPRO.com
- Scientists Receive Grant to Develop Hand-Held Self-Monitoring Test for HIV Viral Loads (May 7, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- The Role of Viral Load as a Measure of the Quality of Care for People With HIV (September 9, 2005)
A panel of U.S. HIV specialists finds there are far more questions than answers about this seductive idea; available only in Word Document.
From New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
- Fast, Portable Device May Ease AIDS Testing in Developing Countries (February 14, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Less Expensive HIV Progression Test as Effective as Current Tests in Use (November 22, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Viral Load Assays: Research
- Routine Viral Load Monitoring Almost Halves Risk of Virologic Failure in 18-Month Kenyan Study (March 12, 2013)
From aidsmap.com
Any HIV Viral Load Reduction Can Improve CD4 Count for Individuals With Multi-Class Resistance, Study Finds (January 15, 2013)
From TheBodyPRO.com
Virologic Failure Experienced by 12% of HIV-Infected People With Persistent, Low-Level Viral Load (October 11, 2012)
In The 52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC 2012), from TheBodyPRO.com
- Fewer People Maintain HIV Viral Suppression Than Previously Thought (July 24, 2012)
From HIVandHepatitis.com
- When Does Viral Load Testing Add Value in Sub-Saharan Africa? (March 7, 2012)
From aidsmap.com
Top 10 HIV/AIDS-Related Clinical Developments of 2011 (December 1, 2011)
David Alain Wohl, M.D., on HIV treatment as prevention; the dawning of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), but with women absent; the concept of "viremia copy-years"; the impact of race and gender on HIV treatment outcomes; setbacks for two treatment approaches involving Isentress; new hepatitis C therapies; a new once-daily HIV pill; the rising rates of HIV among black MSM; and what comes after "test and treat."
From TheBody.com
- Warning: Viral Replication Is Hazardous to Your Health (September 24, 2011)
From Journal Watch
- HIV Point of Care Diagnostics Pipeline (September 2011)
In 2011 Pipeline Report, from Treatment Action Group and HIV i-Base
- Test and Treat Success Stories: Community Viral Load Predicts HIV Transmission Declines (March 7, 2011)
From AIDSmeds.com
- Is Treatment Really Reducing Infections? (March 7, 2011)
From aidsmap.com
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