Table 1.

Clinical description of HIV-infected women.

Group	Processing condition	N	Age	CD4 count	Log viral load
			Years [median (IQR)]	Cells/ul [median (IQR)]	Log RNA copies/ml [median (IQR)]
1	Ex vivo	113	33 (28–41)	409 (278–605)	4.04 (3.04–4.72)
2	37 °C	27	33 (32–37)	574 (384–783)	3.18 (1.70–4.34)
3	4 °C	5	35 (34–37)	477 (374–490)	4.11 (1.99–5.06)
4	Room Temperature	25	35 (33–38)	436 (340–603)	3.00 (1.70–4.20)
5	Frozen/Thawed	13	34 (31–36)	535 (337–613)	1.70 (1.70–4.58)