Case Report

Pediatric HIV Long-Term Nonprogressors

Table 2

Clinical laboratory results: HIV viral load.

DateHIV-1 plasma viral loadELISA/western blot testing
(: <40 copies)(: negative)

05/07/2009UD¥Positive
01/08/2009UDNot performed
08/28/2008UDPositive
05/29/2007UDPositive
03/09/2006UDPositive
11/10/2005UDPositive
07/21/2005726Not performed
12/02/2004320Not performed
03/11/2004476Positive
04/14/2003614Positive
12/09/2002UDNot performed
08/19/2002UDNot performed
04/15/2002UDNot performed
01/07/2002UDPositive
10/01/2001UDNot performed
07/09/2001UDNot performed
04/23/2001UDNot performed
02/12/2001632Positive

¥UD: undetectable HIV-1 plasma viral load/copies per milliliter.
: normal reference interval (Medical University of South Carolina).
Threshold for detection is any HIV-1 viral load >40 copies/mL.
Method used to quantify HIV-1 plasma RNA viral load: real time PCR.