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. 2014 Sep 2;5(5):e01277-14. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01277-14

TABLE 2 .

Viral loads and protein expression in KS-negative and KS-positive study subjectsa

Study group Subject no. Plasma HHV-8 viral load (copies/ml) B cell HHV-8 viral load (copies/500,000 cells) % ORF59 PF-8+ B cellsa Plasma HIV-1 viral load (copies/ml)
HHV-8+ HIV+ KS negatives (KS controls) 1 0 0 0.37 300
2 0 NDb 0.11 22,810
3 10,154 0 0.94 24,409
4 0 6,835 1.00 891,846
5 0 ND 0.90 593
6 0 0 0.60 34,227
7 0 0 0.64 19,552
Mean ± SE 2,038 ± 2,038 1,367 ± 1,367 0.65 ± 0.12 141,962 ± 125,819
HHV-8+ HIV+ KS positives 8 25,447 183,307 3.60 243,333
9 4,779 ND 2.10 144,161
10 0 0 1.75 87,037
11 0 20,884 2.10 69,444
12 1,009 ND 2.85 68,585
13 0 0 1.28 89,909
14 0 14,914 2.44 12,090
Mean 4,462 ± 3,567 43,821 ± 35,208 2.3 ± 0.28 102,080 ± 27,934
a

The flow cytometry percentages were normalized to the isotype controls of each experiment.

b

ND, not done.