Sentences with phrase «with undetectable viral loads»
We don't know if a woman with an undetectable viral load can transmit HIV to her baby through breastfeeding.
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The very latest research is showing that it is highly unlikely for people with an undetectable viral load to transmit the virus to a sexual partner — even without the use of a condom.
In an answer to a question about what this study suggests about the chance of a person with an undetectable viral load transmitting HIV to a sexual partner, Rodgers replied, «Our best estimate is it's zero.»
And, Laurence added, there is some evidence that having an additional viral infection — even something as seemingly innocuous as the flu — may increase the risk of transmission, even in those individuals with an undetectable viral load.
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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.
With proper treatment, an infected mother's viral load becomes undetectable, not only protecting her own health and survival, but also reducing to virtually zero the risk of her baby acquiring HIV through her breastmilk.
The additional funds — only a fraction of the city's $ 78 billion budget — would be used to support programs to reduce the spread of HIV infection in local communities and provide people living with HIV with access to care, medications that make viral loads undetectable, and other treatment supports.
The study is the first to document HIV transmission from a patient with AIDS to a patient who has maintained nearly undetectable viral loads.
Additionally, viral suppression was 11 percent higher at sites with a smaller number of patients and 13 percent higher at sites with fewer patients having an undetectable viral load at the beginning of the study.
Even after treatment with current medications that render viral load undetectable, there are still a few cells in the body where the virus hides.