U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2021, August 16). HIV treatment: The basics. National Institutes of Health. Retrieved from https://hivinfo.nih.gov/understanding-hiv/fact-sheets/hiv-treatment-basics 

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HIV is treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART requires taking a combination of medications daily. The goal of treatment is to bring the individual's viral load to an undetectable level, meaning the level of HIV in the blood is too low to detect. People with HIV who maintain an undetectable viral load have effectively no risk of transmitting HIV to HIV-negative partners through sex.

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