TABLE 2.

Blood parameters of rhesus macaques at death

Infection statusa	Monkey no.	Days p.i.b	CD4c	Viral loadd	CD4+ Ki67+e	CD8+ Ki67+e
SIV+	P4	2,100	709	1,000	91	157
	94422	545	447	350,000	32	324
	94748	424	241	600,000	13	110
	94780	516	217	150,000	33	175
	94754	495	172	1,000,000	37	106
	266	524	74	800,000	27	165
Δnef	52167	1,850	1,085	NDf	69	68
	52176	1,900	2,373	ND	161	190
SIV−	93750		1,525		64	69
	94860		1,391		117	33
	94870		1,562		93	55
	528		1,954		141	260

^aSIV⁺, SIVmac251 infected; SIV⁻, healthy; Δnef, SIVmac 251Δnef infected.

^bp.i., postinfection.

^cCD4 T-cell counts per millimeter³.

^dPlasma viral load (copies per milliliter).

^eNumbers of cycling (Ki67⁺) CD4 and CD8 T cells per millimeter³.

^fND, not detectable (<100 copies per milliliter).