Table 1.

Quantitation of HIV-1 RNA in blood and semen (cross-sectional, ART naïve patients, N=47)

		HIV-1 RNA (103copy/ml)
Subject No.	CD4 No.(cells/mm3)	Blood Plasma	Seminal Plasma
1	487	1,157	101
2	654	5,475	220
3	526	12,	<ADL
4	294	1,759	64
5	483	64	<ADL
6	293	<ADL	<ADL
7	294	<ADL	<ADL
8	265	2	<ADL
9	171	167	22
10	26	276	12
11	176	2,461	2,943
12	241	<ADL	<ADL
13	16l	1,077	3
14	263	63	8
15	203	582	6
17	263	<ADL	<ADL
18	432	<ADL	<ADL
21	681	238	<ADL
25	492	1,478	282
27	175	25,072	790
28	212	4,563	120
29	12	4	<ADL
34	156	136	19
35	57	43	3
36	92	11,619	779
37	92	2,161	30,569
38	468	158	8
39	76	10,174	381
40	365	13	<ADL
41	294	4,016	383
42	309	NA	3
43	139	4,013	208
44	640	<ADL	<ADL
45	121	1,718	3,222
47	200	16,841	269,481
48	592	3,359	164,
49	312	6,146	1,710
50	322	90	<ADL
51	543	15	<ADL
52	522	13	<ADL
53	131	416	29
54	215	54	11,327
55	458	83	113
56	471	44	<ADL
58	174	13	181
59	73	<ADL	<ADL
60	132	9	<ADL

NA sample not available

<ADL below assay detection limit