Fig. 3.

Baseline infant proviral HIV DNA levels compared to plasma RNA. Baseline infant plasma HIV RNA levels (copies per mL) (left) and proviral HIV DNA levels (copies per million peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)) as measured by droplet digital PCR (right) for a subset of infants at baseline, a comparison for PoC, diagnosed by point-of-care test and treated very early (median time 26 h) and SoC, those diagnosed by standard-of-care laboratory-based test and treated early (median time 10 days). Median values and interquartile range displayed. Open symbols are below the limit of detection (20 or 100 copies per mL for RNA and variable for each individual test for DNA (2–10 copies per million PBMC). P-values calculated using the Mann-Whitney U test.