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The campaign seeks to spread the scientific evidence that undetectable means untransmittable. Since the beginning of the epidemic, perceptions and management of HIV infection have gone through many stages; from assuming the infectiousness, then discovering the routes of transmission (blood, sexual fluids, and breastfeeding), to prevention methods (education, condoms, PrEP, and PEP) and various ...
Nick Rhoades, an HIV-positive man living in Iowa, who had an undetectable viral load, was sentenced to 25 years after a single sexual encounter during which he used a condom but did not disclose his HIV status (Rhoades v. State of Iowa). [43]
Research has shown (for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples) that HIV is not contagious during sexual intercourse without a condom if the HIV-positive partner has a consistently undetectable viral load. [5] [6] HIV infects vital cells in the human immune system, such as helper T cells (specifically CD4 + T cells), macrophages, and dendritic ...
“Defendants’ policies prohibiting the accession of asymptomatic HIV-positive individuals with undetectable viral loads into the military are irrational, arbitrary, and capricious. Even worse ...
“If you're someone who's HIV positive, and you're on HIV medication, and your viral load is suppressed to undetectable levels, this means that the virus can't be transmitted to your sexual ...
In addition to keeping your body healthy, being undetectable also means that HIV has a zero chance of being transmitted to a partner during sex, even without using a condom. That's right, zero .
HAART also prevents the transmission of HIV between serodiscordant same-sex and opposite-sex partners so long as the HIV-positive partner maintains an undetectable viral load. [3] Treatment has been so successful that in many parts of the world, HIV has become a chronic condition in which progression to AIDS is increasingly rare.
An HIV-positive person who has an undetectable viral load as a result of long-term treatment has effectively no risk of transmitting HIV sexually. [15] [16] Campaigns by UNAIDS and organizations around the world have communicated this as Undetectable = Untransmittable. [17]