In scientific papers what does it mean if a viral load is reduced to 0.93log10 copiesul More specifically what value does 0.93log10 convert to?
0.93log10 copies per ul (microliter) corresponds to 8.5 copies
per ul or 8500 copies per ml. The number is based on powers of 10.
This is because 100.93=8.5. So 1 log 10 is 10 copies, 2 log10 is
100 copies, 3log10 is 1000 copies and 6 log10 is 1,000,000 copies.
It is reported this way because any treatment needs to show a drop
in viral load by a factor of 100s or even 1000s to be
effective.