Table 2.
Ethnic group | Total no. of participants | No. (%) of participants with positive responses to any HIV-1peptide pool | No. (%) of participants with positive Gag-specific responses |
White | 318 | 283 (89.0) | 265 (83.3) |
Black | 87 | 72 (87.8) | 59 (73.0) |
Mestizoa | 115 | 101 (82.8) | 84 (67.8) |
NOTE. a Mestizo (“mixed race”) is used by Peruvians to describe their ethnic group.