Table 1 Demographics and clinical data of patients.

From: Near full-length HIV-1 subtype B sequences from the early South African epidemic, detecting a BD unique recombinant form (URF) from a sample in 1985

Patient

Age

Risk factor

Sample date

Clinical symptoms

Viral phenotype

RT activity (cpm/ml)

R68

24

MSM

1985

Symptomatic

SI

569940

R459

34

MSM

1987

Symptomatic

SI

1607500

R526

32

Bisexual

1987

Symptomatic

SI

36227

R605

29

Bisexual

1985*

Asymptomatic

Uncultured

Uncultured

R1296

48

Bisexual

1986

AIDS

NSI

951000

  1. *Blood sample dated 1985, MSM: Men who have sex with men; SI: Syncytium Inducing; NSI: Non-syncytium Inducing; RT: Reverse Transcriptase.