Table 1 Median viral load (VL) in clustered and nonclustered individuals at different stages of HIV infection at diagnosis in people with wild-type virus, United States.

From: Natural selection favoring more transmissible HIV detected in United States molecular transmission network

Stage

# Cases

Median VLa

Clustered

Nonclustered

ΔLog10 VLb

# Cases (%)

Median VLa

# Cases (%)

Median VLa

All

24,028

48,966

9015 (37.5%)

45,107

15,013 (62.5%)

51,286

−0.056

0

476

78,093

257 (54.0%)

81,730

219 (46.0%)

74,580

0.040

1

5914

18,700

2787 (47.1%)

22,517

3127 (52.9%)

16,330

0.140

2

9337

38,470

3991 (42.7%)

46,266

5346 (57.3%)

33,423

0.141

3

7280

122,000

1528 (21.0%)

144,619

5752 (79.0%)

119,031

0.085

Unknownc

1021

33,200

452 (44.3%)

37,250

569 (55.7%)

30,125

0.092

  1. aFirst reported VL (copies/ml) three months prior to or one-month post genotyping
  2. bDifference in median log10 VL between clustered and nonclustered cases
  3. cIndividuals with an indeterminate stage of diagnosis75
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