Researchers Report High Rate of Viral Suppression Among People New to HIV Care | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Researchers Report High Rate of Viral Suppression Among People New to HIV Care | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Thursday, March 7, 2019 Researchers Report High Rate of Viral Suppression Among People New to HIV Care Eighty-six percent of individuals who entered HIV care soon after diagnosis maintained viral suppression after 48 weeks during a clinical trial conducted at four NIH-funded Centers for AIDS Research across the United States. Participants in the clinical trial achieved viral suppression in an average of just 63 days. The findings, presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2019), underscore the benefits of linking people with HIV to treatment services soon after diagnosis and highlight the importance of efforts to engage all people with HIV in care.