Table 1.

Comparison of control, IV-, and PO-infected groups

Group	Subject	Gender	Age of SIV infection	Age at euthanasia	Total infection period	Plasma SIV RNA (copies/mL)a
IV-infected	RM1	M	1 week	10 weeks	9 weeks	160,000,000
IV-infected	RM2	F	1 week	7 weeks	6 weeks	240,000,000
IV-infected	RM3	F	1 week	10 weeks	10 weeks	650,000,000
PO-infected	RM4	F	9 weeks	21 weeks	12 weeks	5,800,000
PO-infected	RM5	F	17 weeks	27 weeks	10 weeks	6,400,000
PO-infected	RM6	F	10 weeks	22 weeks	12 weeks	380,000
PO-infected	RM7	F	13 weeks	25 weeks	12 weeks	46,000,000
PO-infected	RM8	M	9 weeks	21 weeks	12 weeks	71,000,000
Control	RM9	F	N/A	16 weeks	N/A	N/A
Control	RM10	M	N/A	16 weeks	N/A	N/A
Control	RM11	F	N/A	15 weeks	N/A	N/A
Control	RM12	F	N/A	16 weeks	N/A	N/A

^aPlasma SIV RNA levels were taken at the time of euthanasia. The PO group was orally exposed to SIVmac251 starting at 9 weeks of age once weekly until infection was verified (Jensen et al. 2017, 2016, 2013)