Short Case-Study Questions
Fifty-eight-year-old Janet Englewood has been living with HIV for the past 15 years. Today, she returns to her physician for a follow-up appointment.
-Janet should expect the doctor to check her ____ to assess disease progression.

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Short Case-Study Questions 
Fifty-eight-year-old Janet Englewood has been living with HIV for the past 15 years. Today, she returns to her physician for a follow-up appointment.
-Janet should expect the doctor to check her ____ to assess disease progression.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Viral load is a measure of the amount of HIV in the blood and can be used to assess disease progression and monitor the effectiveness of treatment. Beta cells are not relevant to HIV, white blood cells may be assessed but are not as specific to HIV progression, and albumin is not typically used to assess HIV.