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Undetectable does not mean that there is no HIV! Even if HIV is not detected by standard viral load tests, that does not mean that HIV is not present in a person’s blood or body. The virus can be present in amounts too small to be detected by current tests, in a CD4 cell, or in areas of the body called reservoirs (for example, in semen or cervical fluid or lymphoid tissue). While there is strong evidence that a person who has undetectable HIV levels in his or her blood has a much lower chance of transmitting HIV than someone who has a detectable level, that person on treatment is still infected and can still transmit the virus to another person.
31% of people in low- and middle-income countries who need antiretroviral treatment, receive it. Children are one-third as likely to have access to these life-saving drugs. • Less than 40% of people under age 15 know basic information about HIV. BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HIV HIV is a retrovirus. Retroviruses, like other viruses, require a host to survive, but they differ in how they replicate and function. HIV, using an enzyme called reverse transcriptase, converts viral RNA into DNA, which is then integrated into the genetic coding of certain human immune cells crucial for the body’s defense against illness.
HIV TESTING Diagnosing HIV infection is a critical tool in both prevention and treatment. , 2005; Marks, Crepaz, Senterfitt, & Janssen, 2005). One study estimated that if all people in the United States became aware of their HIV status, unprotected anal and vaginal sex could decrease by 57% and yearly HIV incidence attributed to sex could be reduced by 31% (Marks, Crepaz, & Janssen, 2006). The usual method for diagnosing HIV infection is an HIV antibody test. Testing technologies have changed and improved since the identification of HIV and methods used to detect infection.