26/05/2026
Undetectable = Untransmittable
The amount of HIV in your body fluids is called your viral load. Effective HIV treatment (antiretroviral therapy) suppresses the amount of HIV in your body fluids to the point where standard tests are unable to detect any HIV, or can only find a tiny trace and this is known as ‘having an undetectable viral load’ or ‘being undetectable’.
Having an undetectable viral load does not mean you are cured of HIV. If you stopped taking treatment, your viral load would increase and once again be detectable.
It means that there is not enough HIV in your body fluids to pass HIV on during s*x. In other words, you are not infectious.
For as long as your viral load stays undetectable, your chance of passing on HIV to a s*xual partner is zero. As the campaign slogan puts it, 'Undetectable equals Untransmittable' or 'U=U'.
Adherence has good results hence to any person living with HIV, make sure that you do so.
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