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Demographic and clinical features of subjects in the study |
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| Clinical feature |
Normal |
HIV infected (CD4 >200 cells/ul) |
AIDS patients (CD4<200 cells/ul) |
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| Gender M:F |
17 : 2 |
8 : 2 |
6 : 1 |
| Age, Mean (± SD), years |
30 (9.9) |
33.6 (9.4) |
34.5 (7.2) |
| CD4+ T cell count, mean (range), cells/μl |
606 (512–978) |
493 (368–675) |
149 (46–179) |
| Plasma HIV-1 load, mean (range) copies/ml |
0 |
1.4 × 105 (0.008–4.0 × 105) |
2.3 × 105 (0.3–6.6 ×105) |
| BAL Fluid HIV-1 load, mean (range) copies/ml |
0 |
129 (0–670) |
175(0–550) |
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Abbreviations: BAL = Bronchoalveolar Lavage, SD = Standard Deviation | |||
Jambo et al. Respiratory Research 2007 8:42 doi:10.1186/1465-9921-8-42 |
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