Network Viral Load: A Critical Metric for HIV Elimination

HIV elimination and population viral load.

www.thelancet.com/hiv Vol 3 November 2016 e507 WHO and UNAIDS have recommended treatment as pre vention for the global elimination of HIV. Treatment suppresses an individuals’ viral load, making them less infectious. The higher the coverage of treatment, the lower the viral load in the population, and the lower the incidence of new infections. Incidence is very diffi cult to measure directly as...

Understanding HIV viral load: implications for counselling.

This paper provides an overview of HIV viral loads in blood and genital fluids and how these relate to HIV transmission during sexual activity. Current knowledge around HIV viral loads and transmission are then discussed in relation to HIV disclosure laws in Canada. HIV counsellors and health care workers should ensure that their clients/patients are aware that blood viral load is not necessari...

HIV viral load messages should go viral in India.

Assessment of HTLV-I proviral load, HIV viral load and CD4 T cell count in infected subjects; with an emphasis on viral replication in co-infection

  Objective(s): HTLV-I and HIV virus quantification is an important marker for assessment of virus activities. Since there is a direct relationship between the number of virus and disease progression, HTLV- I and HIV co-infection might have an influence on the development of viral associated diseases, thus, viral replication of these viruses and co-infection were evaluated.   Materials and...

Nanostructured Optical Photonic Crystal Biosensor for HIV Viral Load Measurement

Detecting and quantifying biomarkers and viruses in biological samples have broad applications in early disease diagnosis and treatment monitoring. We have demonstrated a label-free optical sensing mechanism using nanostructured photonic crystals (PC) to capture and quantify intact viruses (HIV-1) from biologically relevant samples. The nanostructured surface of the PC biosensor resonantly refl...