Late presentation: diagnosed with HIV with a CD4 count below 350/mm3 or an AIDS defining event regardless of the CD4 count, in the 6 mo following HIV diagnosis. Late presentation with advanced disease
All patients were male, non smokers. *Significance determined using a Kruskal-Wallis equality-of-populations rank test for continuous variables and Pearson χ2 test or Fisher's Exact test for categoric
aComparison of viral RNA half-lives in days from the indicated phases of RT-SHIV, SIV, or HIV-1 decay during HAART.bGroup one macaques with 95% CI.cGroup two macaques with 95% CI.dDinoso et al. [33].e
aViral loads are SIV vRNA copies/mL of plasma and the detection limit of this assay was 125 copies of vRNA/ml of plasma as reported previously [53]. bAnimal 27776 was given i.vag. aldithriol-2 (AT-2)-