In experiments, their so - called TZA test was able to detect a 70-fold increase in the amount of «hidden» HIV found in asymptomatic patients with undetectable viral loads. (seeker.com)
As a result, and following extensive consultation, the British HIV Association recognized in their 2011 updated Position Paper that an HIV - positive woman already receiving triple ART, with a repeated undetectable viral load at delivery may, after careful consideration, choose to exclusively breastfeed for the first 6 months of her baby's life and continue breastfeeding along side the appropriate introduction of solids during by the 6 - 24 month period. (lcgb.org)
The study is the first to document HIV transmission from a patient with AIDS to a patient who has maintained nearly undetectable viral loads. (discovermagazine.com)