Possible involvement of distinct phylogenetic clusters of HIV-1 variants in the discrepancies between coreceptor tropism predictions based on viral RNA and proviral DNA

Table 3 Characteristics of the five patients whose virus showed discordant tropisms between plasma RNA and PBMC DNA

Patient	Age	Sex	Route of transmission	CD4 (cells/mm³)	Viral RNA load (log₁₀ copies/mL)	Proviral DNA load (log₁₀ copies/10⁶ PBMCs)	Major drug resistance mutations
P8	27	male	homosexual	112	5.23	3.19	None
P10	26	male	homosexual	390	4.80	3.54	L74F, V118I in RT
P25	55	male	homosexual	242	4.51	2.62	V179D in RT
P27	52	male	homosexual	419	3.76	2.61	M41L, M184V, T215Y, K103N, V108I in RT
P45	34	male	homosexual	113	5.51	2.66	None

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