VIH significa el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana. La abreviación “VIH” puede referir al virus o la infección. Al contrario de otras infecciones, el cuerpo no puede completamente despejarse del virus de VIH. El virus de VIH disminuye el numero de células de CD4 en el cuerpo. Estas células son células que el cuerpo produce […]
Una carga viral es la cantidad del virus VIH en una muestra de sangre. Laboratorios describen carga viral como los números de ARN del VIH por mililitro de sangre. El VIH ataca las células CD4 del sistema inmunitario quien ayudan luchar contra las infecciones. Alguien puede notar la evolución del virus por pruebas de sangre […]
HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. The abbreviation “HIV” can refer to the virus or to the infection. Unlike some viral infections, the human body cannot fully clear the HIV virus. The HIV virus reduces the number of CD4 cells in the body. These cells are the infection-fighting cells that the human body produces. If left […]
A viral load is the amount of HIV virus in a sample of blood. Laboratories report viral loads as the number of HIV RNA copies per milliliter of blood. HIV attacks the immune system’s infection fighting cells known as CD4. You can tell HIV progression through the CD4 count and viral load blood testing. The […]
Alex is a PrEP Specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Alex joined NYP after graduating from Yale, where he studied biochemistry and gender studies. Alex first started working on PrEP by researching how it was being accessed in Philadelphia and NYC, and its effects on the social and sexual lives of people taking it. Alex currently serves […]
Caroline Carnevale, FNP, MPH, AAHIVS, started her career working as a HIV case manager to HIV positive individuals in need of support. Then Caroline attended Columbia University to obtain her RN/BSN with a subspecialty in HIV primary care and also obtained her MPH from the Population and Family Health Program at Mailman School of Public […]
