Table 2.

Definitions of HIV-1 disease states

Patient category	Definition
Elite Controllers	Antiretroviral therapy-naïve subjects who have at least one year duration of documented viral loads that are below the level of detection of conventional assays up until the date of specimen acquisition.
Non-controllers	Subjects who have had at least one documented viral load above 10,000 copies/ml who are not taking antiretroviral therapy.
ART Suppressed	Subjects taking antiretroviral therapy who have had at least three months duration of documented viral loads that are below the level of detection on conventional assays.