Table 1.

Description of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -infected women included in the study

Patient ID	Age	CD4 count (cell/μl)	HIV viral load (RNA copies/ml)	Macroscopic findings	Day 0 cervical cell counts	Day 14 cervical cell counts	Day 28 cervical cell counts	Fold expansion (day 28)
1	33	1396	< 501	Vaginal discharge	20 000	100 000	1 600 000	80
2	26	414	9500	Nil	10 000	100 000	680 000	68
3	23	341	14 500	Nil	10 000	310 000	480 000	48
4	30	428	< 501	Nil	14 278	Contaminated	Contaminated	–
5	28	698	1800	Vaginal discharge	18 520	Contaminated	Contaminated	–
6	28	341	100 573	Nil	40 000	130 000	560 000	14
7	36	572	51 325	Nil	68 640	125 600	1 650 000	24
8	26	607	4013	Nil	75 800	114 000	Contaminated	–
9	31	482	27 250	Nil	80 000	140 000	990 890	12·4
10	30	545	15 800	Nil	90 000	440 000	1 780 000	19·8
11	32	400	1 300 000	Cervix inflamed	90 860	Contaminated	Contaminated	–
12	31	393	41 700	Nil	100 000	610 000	850 000	8·5
13	22	301	2200	Nil	100 000	270 000	1 750 000	17·5
14	32	461	7100	Nil	110 000	490 000	1 040 000	9·5
15	31	788	1926	Nil	120 000	790 000	1 200 000	10
16	33	451	30 000	Nil	120 000	260 000	1 900 000	15·8
17	24	ND	3649	Nil	135 721	617 600	1 460 000	10·8
18	39	422	5450	Nil	138 040	652 000	Contaminated	–
19	39	338	< 501	Nil	180 000	240 000	1 200 000	6·7
20	43	467	88 000	Yeast	218 064	Contaminated	Contaminated	–
21	37	300	10 097	Vaginal discharge	220 000	740 000	2 120 000	9·6
22	38	482	970	Nil	240 000	530 000	2 850 000	11·9
Median	31	451	10 097	5/22 (22·7%)	100 000	290 000	1 330 000	13·2
Range	22–39	300–1300	970–1 300 000		10 000–240 000	132 500–590 000	480 000–2 850 000	6·0–80·0

¹Less than detectable Limit.