Viral Load Measurement: What Affects The Test


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What Affects the Test


Factors that can interfere with your test or the accuracy of the results include having another infection, such as pneumonia, or certain immunizations, such as a flu shot.



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Last updated: March 01, 2007
Author: Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS
Reviewed By: E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine, Peter Shalit, MD, PhD - Internal Medicine
Editors: Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer

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