{"id":14140,"date":"2018-01-04T14:22:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T14:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=14140"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:19:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:19:25","slug":"is-my-partner-at-risk-if-ive-been-on-art-for-ten-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/14140","title":{"rendered":"Is my partner at risk if I’ve been on ART for ten years?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi<\/p>\n

Thanks for writing – and congratulations for ten years on ART – sounds like you are doing a great job.<\/p>\n

To be on the same treatment for so long means this is probably working really well, but technically, it would be better to know if your viral load is undetectable.<\/p>\n

If yes, the your partners will also be protected, even if you don’t always use condoms.<\/p>\n

The U=U campaign means Undetectable viral load = Untransmittable HIV. This has been recognised by leading scientists, doctors and health organisations, including the US CDC.<\/p>\n

Here is a review of the evidence from i-Base.
\nhttps:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/32308<\/a><\/p>\n

Although a few countries don’t have viral load tests, if your CD4 count had been stable or steadily high for many years – and you take your meds – this is likel that your viral load will be undetectable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Thanks for writing – and congratulations for ten years on ART – sounds like you are doing a great job. To be on the same treatment for so long means this is probably working really well, but technically, it …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,23,49,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-hiv-transmission","category-south-africa","category-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25022,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14140\/revisions\/25022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}