what is a normal viral load
The term âviral loadâ refers to the amount of HIV in a sample of your blood. When your viral load is high, you have more HIV in your body, and that means your immune system is not fighting HIV as well. A viral load test is a lab test that measures the number of HIV virus particles in a milliliter of your blood. These particles are called copies.. A viral load test helps provide information on your health status and how well antiretroviral therapy (ART â treatment with HIV medicines) is controlling the virus.