HIV Particle (Photo credit: AJC1)
Even in a world where all information about HIV is out in the public there are still questions around transmission and viral load of people living with HIV. Especially when it comes to couples with one being positive and the other negative these questions arise. In our South African context where there is a whole generation with many people being born and living with the virus, those questions are essential to be asked and answered properly.
Questions like:
* What is exactly viral load and how is it affected by HIV Treatment?
* What is a normal “viral load”?
* What does it mean to have an “undetectable” blood viral load?
* Is the viral load in the blood associated with a person’s risk of transmitting HIV?
* Does HIV treatment reduce the risk of sexual transmission of HIV?
* Is HIV transmission possible when the viral load in the blood is undetectable?
* What is the risk of HIV transmission when the blood viral load is undetectable?
* What does this all mean for people who want to use HIV treatment to prevent HIV transmission
The Body published an article from the Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange Project on all these questions and it is worth reading for those interested. Click here to read the article.
Related articles
- WHO to recommend earlier HIV drugs (bbc.co.uk)
- WHO Gives Guidelines on HIV/AIDS Treatment (spyghana.com)
- Medical Minute: What Hiv Positive Couples Need to Know About Safe Sex, What Is ‘Undetectable’, and What Steps to Take If Condom Breaks (schoneseelenblog.wordpress.com)
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