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viral load
viral loadn. The concentration of a virus, such as HIV, in the blood.EncyclopediaSeeloadviral load
load [lōd] the quantity of something that is carried or borne.case load the number of patients under the care of an individual health care worker.viral load the number of copies of RNA of a given virus per milliliter of blood.viral loadn. The concentration of a virus, such as HIV, in the blood.viral load The amount of a specific virus–eg, HIV, in a person–eg, a Pt with AIDS. See bDNA signal amplification, HIV RNA. vi·ral load (vī'răl lōd) The plasma level of viral RNA, as determined by various techniques including target amplification assay by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and branched DNA technology with signal amplification. Because levels of detection vary with method, results of testing by different methods are not comparable. FinancialSeeLoad |