Table 2.

Quantification of virus

Treatmenta	Proviral DNAb	Viral RNAc
Uninfected cells	d≤6.7×102	d≤1.5×103
Nef IW9 infected cells	1.5×108	5.4×109
Nef TW9 infected cells	2.2×108	5.5×109

^aRhesus macaque CD4⁺ T cell clone, uninfected, infected with wild type SIV_mac239 Nef IW9 or mutant Nef TW9.

^bDNA copies/100,000 cells determined by QPCR.

^cRNA copies Eq/mL cell culture supernatants determined by RT PCR. Analyses performed on day 8 post infection.

^dAssay sensitivity threshold.