Deadly contaminated sparrows
showed high viral loads in all organs (Figure 2), while in the surviving ones, the viral loads were much lower and detected only in some of the organs tested: approximately 104.55 RNA copies per mL for swabs» specimens, 105.09 RNA copies per gram for feathers, and 104.72 RNA copies per gram for organs.
Not exact matches
Studies have also
shown that people with
higher viral loads are more likely to transmit HIV to others.
However, even with very low
viral loads, approximately 20 percent of HIV - positive patients die of heart disease, and studies have
shown that treatment with cART is associated with a
higher risk of heart attack.