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Table 3 Main viro-immunological parameters of SSP with no herpesvirus detection or with any herpesvirus shedding at T0 and T1. Data are expressed as median and interquartile range (IQR)

From: Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus and human herpesvirus 8 salivary shedding in HIV positive men who have sex with men with controlled and uncontrolled plasma HIV viremia: a 24-month longitudinal study

 

Patients with persistently negative herpesvirus shedding (n = 7)

Patients with the detection of any positivity at T0 and/or T1 (n = 33)

p

CD4 + cell count/mm3

600 (250–802)

610 (480–782)

0.46

CD4+ cell percentage

31 (17.2–36)

27 (22.7–36)

0.87

CD8+ cell count/mm

800 (539–856)

943 (610–1249)

0.36

CD8 + cell percentage

43 (36.2–50.2)

43 (33.7–51.2)

0.95

CD4+ cell count at nadir (cells/mm3)

310 (87–456)

290 (135–380)

0.78

  1. T0: time of the first saliva sampling, after 24 months of plasma HIV RNA control analysis
  2. T1: time of the second saliva testing, 24 months after T0
  3. SSPs HIV successfully suppressed patients