Table 1.

Participants’ characteristics

	HIV−	Early HIV+ART−	Late HIV+ART−	Chronic HIV+ART−
N	40	42	74	96
Age (years); median (IQR)	34 (30–43)	33 (27–41)	33 (27–39)	46 (38–50)
Men who have sex with men; N (%)	27 (67)	42 (100)	74 (100)	96 (100)
Estimated Duration of Infection (days);	N/A	75 (33–82)	147 (104–194)	N/A
Time on ART (years); median (IQR)	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.4 (1.1–4.7)
log10 HIV RNA in blood; median (IQR)	N/A	5.16 (4.83–5.58)	4.44 (3.84–4.95)	< 50 copies/ml
Detectable HIV RNA in semen; N (%)	N/A	31 (73.8)	52 (70.3)	6 (6.3)
log10 HIV RNA in semen; median (IQR)	N/A	2.35 (0.54–3.40)	2.13 (1.04–2.99)	2.19 (2.00–2.30)
CD4+ T-cell counts/μl; median (IQR)	N/A	520 (435–614)	529 (412–744)	577 (385–745)