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A client with AIDS has a viral load of 200 copies per ml. The nurse should...

A client with AIDS has a viral load of 200 copies per ml. The nurse should interpret this finding as:

A) The client is at rai for opportunistic infection.

B) The client is no longer communicable

C) The client viral load is extremely low so he is relatively free of circulating virus.

D) The client’s T-Cell count is extremely low.

Expert Solution

Answer : B

Explanation:

^{AIDS is Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome}

^{AIDS is due to HIV virus}

^{Viral load test
:}

An HIV viral load test measures the number of HIV particles in millimetre(ml)of blood.

These particles are also known as "copies"

The test assesses the progression of HIV in the body.

It is also useful in seeing how well a person's HIV therapy is controlling HIV in the body.

A high viral load may indicate recent HIV transmission,or HIV that is untreated or uncontrolled.

A low viral load indicates low copies of HIV in the blood.

Viral load levels

High: vital load is greater than or equal to 100000 copies per ml

low: viral load is greater than or equal to 10000 copies per ml

Undetectable: viral load is less than or equal to 200 copies per ml

When the viral load reaches less than 200 copies per ml of blood, doctor consider the HIV is undetectable.

Though copies of virus remain in the blood. Undetectable levels mean that a person cannot transmit the virus to other's.

When people achieve this count,they can live the same quality of live as those without virus.

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