TABLE 3.
Pearson correlation between different measures of viral load in MLNs
| Viral load measure | n | ART day 0 pVL (copies/ml) |
MLN VL at necropsy (copies/106 cells) |
Virion imaging (copies/mm2) |
caRNA imaging (copies/mm2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peak pVL (copies/ml) |
6 | r = 0.33; P = 0.52 | r = 0.97; P = 0.001 | r = 0.99; P = 0.006 | r = 0.62; P = 0.19 |
| ART day 0 pVL (copies/ml) |
6 | r = 0.48; P = 0.33 | r = 0.16; P = 0.84 | r = 0.66; P = 0.15 | |
| MLN VL at necropsy (copies/106 cells) |
6 | r = 0.99; P = 0.012 | r = 0.60; P = 0.21 | ||
| Virion imaging (copies/mm2) |
4 | r = 0.57; P = 0.43 |