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Natural SIV infection in SMs is associated with moderate but significant decline in CD4+ T-cell counts. (A and B) CD4+ T-cell counts (A) and their longitudinal trends (B) for individual animals. (C) CD8+ T-cell counts in 78 SMs naturally infected with SIV (▾) and 22 SIV-uninfected SMs (•) were determined at three time points. Asterisks indicate P values of <0.001, as determined by linear mixed-effects models with Tukey's adjustments for multiple comparisons.
