The nurse is assisting in performing a viral load (HIV-RNA) test to measure how virulent the HIV is in a client diagnosed with AIDS. Which of the following information regarding this testing is accurate?
A) A person who is not infected with HIV has a minimum viral load.
B) Clients with controlled HIV may have readings as high as 1,000,000 copies.
C) An undetectable reading is considered an excellent response to therapy.
D) The inability to detect the virus in the blood indicates a person is no longer infected.
C
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The HIV-RNA, or viral load, is measured to determine how virulent the virus is. A person who is not infected with HIV has an undetectable viral load. An undetectable reading is also considered to be an excellent response to therapy, although the inability to detect the virus in the blood does not indicate that a person is no longer infected. Clients with HIV that is not controlled with medications may have readings as high as 1,000,000 copies or more of viral cells read as viral load.
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