TABLE 1.
Detection of gag and env sequences in cervical swabs
| Sample | Gag detection
|
Env detection
|
CD4 count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Untreated (−RT) | DNasea
|
Untreated (−RT) | DNasea
|
||||
| +RT | −RT | +RT | −RT | ||||
| HIV-seropositive women | |||||||
| YO117 | − | + | − | + | + | − | NT |
| YO121 | − | + | − | − | − | − | 944 |
| YO137 | − | + | − | + | + | − | 140 |
| YO174 | − | + | − | + | + | − | 168 |
| YO175 | − | + | − | − | + | − | NT |
| YO182 | − | + | − | − | + | − | NT |
| YO183 | − | − | − | − | − | − | NT |
| YO184 | + | + | − | − | + | − | 109 |
| YO189 | + | + | − | + | + | − | 155 |
| YO215 | + | + | − | − | NT | NT | 379 |
| YO235 | + | − | − | + | NT | NT | NT |
| YO236 | + | + | − | + | + | − | 49 |
| YO240 | + | + | − | + | NT | NT | 262 |
| YO247 | + | + | − | − | + | − | NT |
| YO252 | + | + | − | + | + | − | 169 |
| YO253 | + | + | − | − | NT | NT | 104 |
| YO264 | + | + | − | + | NT | NT | 348 |
| YO274 | + | + | − | NT | + | − | 482 |
| YO275 | + | − | − | NT | − | − | 213 |
| YO278 | + | + | + | NT | + | − | NT |
| YO287 | + | + | − | + | + | + | NT |
| YO291 | + | + | − | + | + | − | 294 |
| YO298 | + | + | − | + | + | − | 462 |
| YO299 | + | + | − | + | + | − | 266 |
| YO317 | + | + | − | − | + | − | 692 |
| YO321 | − | + | − | + | + | − | 495 |
| Total(+)b | 18/26 | 23/26 | 1/26 | 14/23 | 18/21 | 1/21 | |
| HIV-seronegative women | |||||||
| YO161 | − | − | − | − | − | − | NT |
| YO163 | − | − | − | − | − | − | NT |
| YO164 | − | − | − | − | − | − | NT |
| YO169 | − | − | − | − | − | − | NT |
| YO171 | − | − | − | − | − | − | NT |
| YO173 | − | − | − | − | − | − | NT |
| YO178 | − | − | − | − | − | − | NT |
| YO179 | − | − | − | − | − | − | NT |
| Total(+)b | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0/8 | |
a
DNase, DNaseI treatment of sample prior to reverse transcription; NT, not tested.
b
Total(+), number of positive samples/number of samples tested.