TABLE 1 .
Epidemiological, clinical, and host characteristics of the patients
| Patient | Sex | Origin | Hospital | Transmissiona | Yr first HIV-1+ |
Sample date |
Group | Viral load (copies/ml) |
CD4+ count (T cells/µl) |
HLA-B genotype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LTNP_1 | F | Madrid | C. S. Sandoval | IDU | 1990 | 2005 | LTNP-VCs | 125 | 628 | B1501/B2705 |
| LTNP_3 | M | Madrid | C. S. Sandoval | IDU | 1988 | 2005 | LTNP-ECs | <50 | 880 | B2705/B5801 |
| LTNP_5 | M | Madrid | C. S. Sandoval | IDU | 1986 | 2005 | LTNP-ECs | <50 | 559 | B2705/B3503 |
| LTNP_RF_15 | M | Madrid | 12 de Octubre | IDU | 1989 | 2004 | LTNP-ECs | <50 | 460 | B44/B57 |
| LTNP_RF_21 | M | Madrid | 12 de Octubre | IDU | 1985 | 2004 | LTNP-ECs | <50 | 690 | B47/B14 |
| AS7 | F | NKb | El Patriarca | IDU | 1989 | 1989 | NK | NK | NK | B3501/B5101 |
| I_10 | F | Madrid | C. S. Sandoval | IDU/HT | NK | 1993 | Progressors | 8.9 × 104 | 251 | |
| IV_10 | M | Vigo | IDU | 1991 | 1994 | Progressors | 1.7 × 106 | 342 | ||
| I_14 | F | Madrid | C. S. Sandoval | IDU/HT | 1987 | 1994 | Progressors | 1.3 × 105 | 337 | |
| RIS_06 | M | Madrid | C. S. Sandoval | MSM | 2005 | 2005 | Progressors | 7.6 × 104 | 436 |
a
Transmission route: IDU, intravenous drug user; MSM, men who have sex with men; HT, heterosexual.
b
NK, not known.