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by hn_throwaway_99 3196 days ago
Is this somewhat of a tautology, though? I mean, it's not particularly uncommon for a patient to be undetectable on HAART and then have their treatment regimen "fail" at a later date (often because of lack of strict compliance by the patient - not sure if this is much less common today with easier-to-follow regimens).

Thus, if someone is undetectable but then their treatment fails, they would become detectable and able to transmit the virus. But they could still infect someone else before they discovered their treatment failed.