Viral Load:

The number of viral particles (usually HIV) in a sample of blood plasma. HIV viral load is increasingly employed as a surrogate marker (see) for disease progression. It is measured by PCR and bDNA tests (see) and is expressed in number of HIV copies or equivalents per milliliter.

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