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AIDS
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HIV
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PrEP
Provisional Data
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Transgender
Transmission Category
Viral Suppression
Viral Suppression
If taken as prescribed, HIV medicine reduces the amount of HIV in the body (viral load) to a very low level, which keeps the immune system working and prevents illness. This is called viral suppression—defined as having less than 200 copies of HIV per milliliter of blood.