Table 6.
Median earliest viral load (in copies/mL) by week after diagnosis and stage of disease at diagnosis of HIV infection, comparing stage 0 subcategory 0α with subcategory 0β.
| Week | Subcategory 0α (0A+0B+0C+0D+0E) | Subcategory 0β (0F) | ||||||
| N | Median | 25th-75th percentiles | N | Median | 25th-75th percentiles | |||
| 1st | 2027 | 1,344,590 | 228,000-7,630,000 | 608 | 70,114 | 11,233-271,000 | ||
| 2nd | 598 | 362,467 | 50,721-1,905,461 | 336 | 44,467 | 8,456-125,087 | ||
| 3rd | 375 | 122,970 | 21,600-413,431 | 254 | 43,729 | 9,460-122,825 | ||
| 4th | 243 | 77,100 | 19,570-301,190 | 165 | 42,300 | 13,900-131,377 | ||
| 5th | 177 | 61,414 | 12,600-201,000 | 100 | 32,033 | 7,084-112,520 | ||
| 6th | 120 | 47,320 | 8,628-171,652 | 78 | 41,606 | 19,120-87,670 | ||