Cervicovaginal HIV-1 and HSV viral load in 35 women during the clinical and subclinical stages of herpes.

Analyses restricted to women with samples in both the clinical and the subclinical groups.1p-value from matched pairs chi-squared test.2p-value from matched pairs t-test on logged values.3Geometric mean in copies/ml (HIV RNA and HSV DNA) or copies/106 cells (HIV DNA), excluding data below the minimum detectable threshold at half the detectable level.4Six women did not have HIV DNA samples tested (five with clinical herpes, and one with subclinical herpes) and are excluding from this comparison.