Baseline Viral Load
Also written as VL.
\nFor baseline viral load testing – If available, use point of care machine for viral load; If there is no point of care\nmachine to do viral load- Take a plasma and send it to the VL testing laboratory\n* Only after final antibody test negative
What our notes say
- \nFor baseline viral load testing – If available, use point of care machine for viral load; If there is no point of care\nmachine to do viral load- Take a plasma and send it to the VL testing laboratory\n* Only after final antibody test negative (Kenya-ARV-Guidelines-2022-2)