Viral load is the quantity of virus in a given amount of patient’s blood.
Synonyms
Virus load
Detailed description
This factor is mainly used to control the therapeutic process of infections with HIV, cytomegaly viruses, hepatitis A viruses and hepatitis B viruses. A high viral load correlates with a severe infection or a poor prognosis, respectively.
Temporary loss of T cell immunity towards various virus infections (e.g. Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) or Adenovirus (AdV)) is a main cause of infection-related mortality in severely immunocompromised patients, like individuals upon allogeneic hematopoetic stem cell transplantation ...
Hematological stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is one of the most important treatments for haematological malignancies. Two major complications after stem cell transplantations are the development of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) and the reactivation of the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), which ...
Millions of people have contracted Zika and chikungunya virus infections since the outbreaks that have been striking Latin America since 2013. Particularly Zika-related malformations in newborns
