Fig. 1: Infection, treatment, and immunization schedule for study of vaccine-elicited responses in SHIV-infected, ART-treated female monkeys to reduce MTCT.

a Study design schematic. Twelve female RMs were infected with SHIV.C.CH505 (brown arrow), started on a daily ART regimen at 12 wpi (yellow box). Six RMs received either a placebo vaccine (blue syringes) or a HIV Env combined clade B/C gp120 vaccine (red syringes). ART was discontinued at 24 wpi, and RMs were monitored for an additional 8 weeks. Plasma viral RNA kinetics through 32 wpi for placebo vaccinated (b) and HIV Env Clade B/C gp120 (c) vaccinated RMs. Plasma vRNA load at 12 wpi, prior to ART start, in placebo (blue) and HIV Env (red) vaccinated RMs (d). Medians are represented by the horizontal lines.