... Please Help Me Understand These Lab Results. First I got them in the mail from my gastro with no explanation or recommendation. I got very upset when I saw the HIV 1 RNA Ultra it shows no viral load but says This specimen has less than 50 copies of HIV - L RNA per 1 ml of plasma ( viral Load ) The linear range for this test is between 50 & 100,000 HIV - 1 RNA copies/ml ... (4 replies)