Viral load assessment for
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- Quantitative viral load testing is central to managing two chronic viral infections with markedly different clinical roles - HIV (routine treatment monitoring, target of an undetectable result) and CMV (targeted surveillance in specific high-risk immunosuppressed groups, particularly transplant recipients) - both using PCR-based quantification but applied to different clinical questions
- See for the broader principles of viral load interpretation shared across both
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