FIG. 3.

Comparison between controlling and noncontrolling patients. Pretreatment nucleotide diversity (A) and amino acid diversity (B) within individual subjects (16 clones each). (C) HIV DNA levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells during the first treatment interruption cycle following 1.6 to 3.9 years of continuous antiretroviral therapy. Box plots symbolize median value and interquartile range; whiskers extend over the entire range. P values were calculated by nonparametric Mann-Whitney test.