TABLE 3.

Rate of amplification of HIV-1 pol in Cameroonian DBS stratified according to plasma virus loads

Sample identification no. (grouped by viral load in RNA/ml)	RNA copies/ml	RT-PCR resulta
		Plasma (+RT)	DBS
			+RT	−RT
100-10,000
1	2,271	−	+	+
2	665	−	−	−
3	1,277	+	−	−
4	8,141	+	+	−
5	3,711	+	+	−
6	5,429	+	−	−
7	3,219	+	+	+
8	2,224	+	+	−
9	4,836	+	+	+
10	4,558	+	+	+
11	5,710	+	+	−
10,000-50,000
12	17,451	+	+	+
13	16,077	+	+	+
14	11,738	+	+	−
15	17,771	+	+	−
16	17,507	+	+	−
17	13,316	+	+	+
18	11,433	+	+	−
19	16,515	−	+	−
20	28,240	+	+	−
21	23,715	+	+	+
22	45,510	+	+	+
23	34,067	+	+	+
24	31,292	+	+	+
>50,000
25	54,214	+	+	+
26	56,269	+	+	+
27	71,492	+	+	+
28	82,693	+	+	+
29	81,892	+	+	−
30	89,689	+	+	+
31	89,889	+	+	−
32	158,600	+	+	+
33	413,070	+	+	+
34	241,077	+	+	+
35	413,070	+	+	+
36	129,471	+	+	−
37	140,673	+	+	+
38	645,256	+	+	+
39	254,810	+	+	+
40	198,400	+	+	+

^aRT-PCR in DBS were done with (+RT) or without (−RT) MuLV RT enzyme.+, positive; −, negative.