Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Kumamoto University in Japan, have assessed a new rapid ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Because of improvements in the sensitivity of viral-load assays, it is now possible to detect HIV RNA levels below 50 copies/mL. However, in patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART), the clinical ...

For six weeks now, Elizabeth Tembo (not real name) from Zingwangwa Township in Blantyre has not gone for viral load testing due to suspension of the services in public health facilities. She used to ...

Data clerks at facilities covered by USAID are not yet back at work, impacting data collection and quality control. The Ugandan President directed the release of UGX 6 billion for the rollout of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Kumamoto University in Japan, have assessed a new rapid ...