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viral load test

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Viral load test
A new blood test for monitoring the speed of HIV replication in AIDS patients. The viral load test is based on PCR techniques and supplements the CD4+ cell count tests.
Mentioned in: AIDS Tests
viral load test
Lab medicine A test that measures HIV RNA for prognosis and/or to monitor the efficacy of anti-HIV drug regimens
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AMPATH, a service collaboration between Moi University and local clinics in the Eldoret region of western Kenya, carried out viral load tests on all patients receiving ART who had suspected immunological signs of treatment failure (a CD4 cell decrease of at least 25% over the previous 6 months).
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The viral load test showed the virus to be of low quantities, so he was not prescribed antiretroviral medication, but took vitamin supplements on his own volition.
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