Table 1. Characteristics of the study animals.

Median and IQR are reported as applicable. Some data were unavailable for some animals.

	Cases	Controls	p
N	18	32
Male sex	65%	91%	0.02
Duration of γ–HV VL follow up (days)	365(222–791)	377(288–702)	0.84
N longitudinal γ–HV VL assays	8 (6–11)	5(4–7)	0.001
Characteristics at euthanasia
Age	6 (5–10)	5 (5–8)	0.24
CD4 + counts	190 (142–311)	358 (110–1034)	0.44
SIV/SHIV viral load/ mL	6.6x105 (8.1x104-6.9x106)	6.6x105 (1.2x105-6.3x106)	0.89
Overall virological characteristics
γ–HV seropositivity
RRV	94%	90%	0.63
RFHV	28%	25%	0.82
RLCV	81%	90%	0.38
median γ–HV viral load in PBMCs*
RRV	12.5(0–157)	1 (0–16)	0.004
RFHV	0 (0–3)	0 (0–0)	0.88
RLCV	44 (3–208)	45 (7–141)	0.024

γ–HV, gammaherpesviruses, viral load calculated as copies/10⁴ PBMCs.