Can you be charged for giving someone HIV?
A person can be charged with criminal transmission of HIV when “he or she, knowing that he or she is infected with HIV: (1) engages in intimate contact with another; (2) transfers, donates, or provides his or her blood tissue, semen, organs, or other potentially infectious body fluids for transfusion, transplantation.
What does it mean if your viral load is less than 40?
This means that you’re undetectable, and that you can’t transmit HIV through sexual intercourse. It also means that there will be less risk to your baby.
What does it mean if your viral load is less than 50?
When copies of HIV cannot be detected by standard viral load tests, an HIV-positive person is said to have an “undetectable viral load.” For most tests used clinically today, this means fewer than 50 copies of HIV per milliliter of blood (<50 copies/mL).
When to take a viral load test for HIV?
Your doctor will check your viral load within a month of starting treatment, and again three and six months after starting treatment. Your viral load four weeks after starting HIV treatment is a good indicator of whether it will become undetectable on this combination of anti-HIV drugs. The aim of HIV treatment is an undetectable viral load.
Is there a limit to the viral load test?
All viral load tests have a cut-off point below which they cannot reliably detect HIV. This is called the limit of detection. Tests used most commonly in the UK have a lower limit of detection of either 40 or 50 copies/ml, but there are some very sensitive tests that can measure below 20 copies/ml.
What is the viral load threshold for HIV?
In the research which showed that “undetectable = untransmittable”, the threshold used was 200 copies/ml. If you have maintained a viral load below 200 copies/ml for at least six months and continue to have good adherence, there is no risk of passing on HIV to a sexual partner. They way in which test results are reported can vary.
Can a person with HIV have an undetectable viral load?
An undetectable viral load is the aim of HIV treatment. People who are taking effective HIV treatment and have an undetectable viral load do not pass on HIV. Viral load is the term used to describe the amount of HIV in your blood.