Table 2.
Conjugation and cytolytic activity of CD4–CD8 T cells in chronic HIV infection
| Case | Time since acute HIV syndrome (weeks) | Laboratory tests | Conjugate formation (%) | Cytolytic activity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD4 | CD8 | Viral load | HIV | Control | HIV | Control | ||
| 1 | 73 | 340 | 1020 | 96 318 | 3·8 | 1·1 | 23 | 23 |
| 2 | 363 | 480 | 1416 | 5218 | 0·6 | 0·5 | 11 | 8 |
| 3 | >52 | 960 | 1376 | 6300 | 1·2 | 0·6 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 64 | 400 | 800 | 8685 | 3·5 | 1·0 | 13 | 12 |
| 5 | 60 | 672 | 798 | 71 000 | 2 | 0·8 | 14 | 12 |
| 6 | >52 | 720 | 2160 | 2498 | 5·5 | 1·0 | 12 | 13 |
| 7 | 130 | 323 | 850 | 189 | 2·8 | 1·0 | 9 | 13 |
| 8 | 26 | 456 | 1146 | 85 117 | 2·2 | 0·6 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 104 | 520 | 580 | 694 | 5·6 | 0·6 | 10 | 8 |
| 10 | 31 | 870 | 1537 | 30 923 | 3·6 | 0·6 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 130 | 574 | 1160 | 30 690 | 4 | 0·9 | 3 | 5 |
| Average | 574 | 1077 | 3·1 | 0·9 | 11 | 8 | ||
| SE | 63 | 130 | 0·48 | 0·06 | 2·05 | 1·09 | ||