TABLE 1.
Evaluation of the persistence of HIV-1 DNA in whole blood collected on FTA filter paper by comparison of qualitative nested PCR results of HIV-1 pol in specimens collected in 1998 and assayed in 1998 and again in 2002 and 2003
| PCR result in 1998 | No. of PCR results in 2002 and 2003
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |
| Positive | 58a | 2 |
| Negative | 0 | 0 |
P = 0.16 by McNemar's test.