SIV vRNA+ Cells in the Lungs of Macaques Infected with SIV¹.

<p>¹Totally 38 infected and 6 uninfected rhesus macaques were used in this study, and vRNA+ cells were quantified by ISH.</p><p>²DPI = Days post infection.</p><p>³Virus load in plasma was detected by real-time RT-PCR.</p><p>⁴SIV vRNA⁺ cells in lungs were detected using ISH with SIV-specific riboprobes:</p><p>−ith SIV-s⁺ cells/mm²</p><p>+, 5–50 vRNA⁺ cells/mm²</p><p>++, 51–100 vRNA⁺ cells/mm²</p><p>++++, >200 vRNA⁺ cells/mm².</p><p>SIV vRNA+ Cells in the Lungs of Macaques Infected with SIV<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0125500#t001fn001" target="_blank">¹</a>.