People With HIV Whose Viral Loads Are Undetectable Present “Almost Zero” Danger To Sexual Partners
According to an investigation published in The Lancet, people with HIV who maintain low, but still detectable, levels of the virus and follow their antiretroviral regimen have essentially little chance of HIV sexual transmission. A formal satellite session prior to the 12th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2023) will present the study’s findings. The results of the systematic review show that HIV sexual transmission risk is essentially nonexistent at viral levels of less than 1,000 copies per millilitre of blood, or what is known as a suppressed viral load. The systematic review also indicates that there is no risk of HIV sexual transmission to partners for people with HIV who have an undetectable viral load (not detected by the test used). Based on this analysis, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a new policy brief that offers policymakers, public health practitioners, and people living with HIV sexual transmission prevention and viral lo...