TABLE 3.

Half-lives of viral RNA and DNA in the chronic phase of the postvaccine infection^a

Assay	Time (wk)	No. of animals (declined/ tested)b	Half-life (wk)		P
			Median	Range
Viral DNA in:
PBMC	12-70	22/23	16	8-780	<0.0001
LNC	12-58	9/11	26	12-57	0.1
Viral RNA in plasma	12-70	22/23	21	9-417	<0.0004

^aFor details, see Materials and Methods.

^bDeclined/tested, number of animals with negative trends/number of animals tested.