Prevalence of Human Herpesvirus-8 Salivary Shedding in HIV Increases with CD4 Count
M. Gandhi1,*,
D.M. Koelle2,
N. Ameli3,
P. Bacchetti3,
J.S. Greenspan4,
M. Navazesh5,
K. Anastos6, and
R.M. Greenblatt3
1 University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), 405 Irving Street, 2nd floor, San Francisco, CA 94122, USA;
2 School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA;
3 School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA;
4 School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, USA;
5 School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA; and
6 Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY, USA;
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Figure. Box plots of CD4 counts for salivary shedders vs. non-shedders. Box plots depict the median CD4 count with the 25% and 75% quartiles and ranges for participants in the study, who are classified as salivary shedders (participants at first subvisit with salivary DNA detetion, n = 17) and non-shedders (participants at first subvisit without salivary DNA detection, n = 49). Shedders: CD4mean 419 cells/mm3; CD4median, 399; interquartile range, 417; range, 521. Non-shedders: CD4mean 278 cells/mm3; CD4median, 227; interquartile range, 154; range, 1294.  Box plots depicting 25% quartiles (lower edge of rectangle) and 75% quartile (upper edge of rectangle) of CD4 counts for each group. • Mean CD4 counts. — Median CD4 counts. ..... Range of CD4 counts for each group. • CD4 count outliers.
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