TABLE 2.
Localization of SIV+ cells in LNs
| Expt and virus | Animal | Time of biopsya | No. (%) of SIV+ cells in:
|
Frequency of SIV+ cells (no./mm2) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paracortex | Borderb | Folliclesc | ||||
| Expt 1 | ||||||
| SIVmac239 | Mm18 | 2 wk | 202 (84.9) | 22 (9.2) | 14 (5.9) | 79.3 |
| Mm24 | 2 wk | 74 (77.9) | 17 (17.9) | 4 (4.2) | 16.1 | |
| Mm27 | 2 wk | 81 (85.3) | 10 (10.5) | 4 (4.2) | 19.8 | |
| Δnef | Mm14 | 2 wk | 1 (6.7) | 8 (53.3) | 6 (40) | 4.7 |
| Mm16 | 2 wk | 9 (7.4) | 21 (17.2) | 92 (75.4) | 23.9 | |
| Mm29 | 2 wk | 0 (0) | 5 (50) | 5 (50) | 2.6 | |
| Expt 2, SIVmac239 | Mm06 | 7 days | 1 (10) | 7 (70) | 2 (20) | 1.7 |
| Mm22 | 7 days | 5 (21.7) | 14 (60.9) | 4 (17.4) | 4 | |
a
No. of days or weeks p.i.
b
Region proximal to follicles or containing scattered B cells.
c
Region containing densely accumulated B cells.