In comparison with the former HIV viral-load tests, the currently available real-time PCR assays for HIV viral-load measurements provide advantages in terms of time consumption, cross ...

The two most important blood tests are for CD4 and viral load. CD4 and viral load test results give essential information about the effect HIV is having on your body. The latest news and research on ...

People living with HIV have viral load tests to monitor the effectiveness of HIV treatment. For someone on effective treatment, often this test will return results confirming an undetectable viral ...

The paper-based card separates plasma from whole-blood samples, allowing them to be used for HIV viral load testing.

Modern HIV treatment offers remarkable outcomes. This guide explores essential first steps, treatment advances, support ...

Researchers from the Marius Nasta Institute (MNI) and the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center (FZB) have now evaluated a new test for the early detection of changes in the bacterial load ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the leading cause of cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver-related death globally.1,2 The highest prevalence is found in low-income and middle-income countries ...

Since HIV viral-load testing is the best tool to enable early detection of therapeutic failure, unrecognized virological failure along with selection and accumulation of drug resistance have been ...