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A member asked:
I have seen commercials for a medicine that lowers hiv levels to undetectable. how can the safety of the blood supply be guaranteed?
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See below : Donor blood gets tested for HIV, and many other things, even if the viral count is low tests will show positive for HIV. Treatment gets the viral count low but this has nothing to do with the diagnostic still being positive.
Answered 7/7/2019
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