In a move long encouraged by advocates, the World Health Organization has reaffirmed that people with HIV who consistently take antiretroviral treatment and maintain an undetectable viral load do not ...

Systematic review of 8 studies in more than 7,700 serodiscordant couples in 25 countries finds people living with HIV with viral loads less than 1,000 copies/mL have almost zero risk of transmitting ...

From fear to choice: After facing threats for wanting to breastfeed her first child, Bianca Carolina now nurses her newborn while living with HIV. Guidelines updated: The CDC's 2023 update allows ...

Reviewed by Carrie D. Johnston, MD, MS, Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. "Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources ...

Ascertainment of vital status was good in this close-knit rural West African community, with a total loss to follow up of only 6.5%. However, follow up sampling for laboratory tests was less ...

Women with HIV in British Columbia accurately self-reported viral load, unaffected by sociodemographic factors, with 91% accuracy. High concordance (91%) was found between self-reported and clinical ...

The systematic review also confirms that people living with HIV who have an undetectable viral load (not detected by the test used) have zero risk of transmitting HIV to their sexual partners.

A new study suggests healthcare providers rethink how they talk to people living with HIV about low viral loads. They say that it could be causing confusion over the “Undetectable = Untransmittable” ...

BRISBANE, Australia – The risk of sexual transmission of HIV with viral loads of less than 1,000 copies per mL was almost zero, according to a meta-analysis and systematic review. In eight studies ...