HIV Viral Load: New Opportunities & Advances in Technology

Learning Objectives

  1. Understand the clinical significance of low-level viremia.
  2. Understand the role of Community Viral Load in HIV care.
  3. Understand the role of HIV treatment and undetectable viral load as prevention tools.
  4. Recognize advances in viral load technologies that support contemporary HIV treatment.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Bill Valenti, MD, is an internist/ infectious diseases specialist and a native of Rochester, NY. He has been doing HIV Medicine since the early 1980s, and is the Founding Medical Director of Community Health Network (now AIDS Care), a not-for-profit organization for people with HIV/AIDS, where he continues to see patients. Dr. Valenti is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and is chair of the Infectious Diseases Subcommittee of Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY).

Technical Requirements

This course utilizes video and audio and requires the Flash plugin version 7 or higher be installed on the computer. If you're unsure if you meet this requirement, you can test your system here.

You must have speakers or headphones attached to your computer to participate in this course.

Version Notes

This course was first published on December 20, 2011. This is the current revision.

Cost

This course is free.

CME Credit Information

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) and the Physicians' Research Network, Inc. MSSNY is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Medical Society of the State of New York designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category One Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with extent of their participation in the activity.

Course Registration

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