Table 1.
Conjugations and cytolytic activity of CD4–CD8 T cells in acute HIV infection
| Case | Time since acute HIV syndrome (weeks) | Laboratory tests | Conjugate formation (%) | Cytolytic activity (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD4 | CD8 | Viral load | HIV | Control | HIV | Control | ||
| 1 | 3 | 961 | 1395 | 42 100 | 7·9 | 1·4 | 25 | 13 |
| 2 | 3 | 975 | 1100 | 22 800 | 8·1 | 1·6 | 31 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 580 | 1160 | 31 474 | 6·1 | 1·0 | 30 | 14 |
| 4 | 4 | 1035 | 4278 | 780 610 | 4·5 | 0·6 | 18 | 5 |
| 5 | 8 | 780 | 860 | 2407 | 4·4 | 0·6 | 19 | 8 |
| 6 | 8 | 1260 | 2296 | 454 | 6·5 | 1·0 | 13 | 5 |
| 7 | 12 | 735 | 1242 | 19 300 | 3·6 | 1·0 | 14 | 5 |
| 8 | 12 | 550 | 1350 | 125 974 | 3·3 | 0·6 | 20 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 368 | 1610 | 1 000 000 | 5·6 | 0·6 | 12 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 | 469 | 2263 | 177 517 | 8·2 | 1·3 | 16 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 420 | 540 | 49 416 | 8·2 | 1·3 | 8 | 5 |
| Average | 739 | 1645 | 6·1 | 0·9 | 19 | 8 | ||
| SE | 69 | 362 | 0·58 | 0·06 | 2·4 | 1·09 | ||