Clinical data and mucosal density of HIV infected cells
| HIV stage | Clinical features | Stool microbiology | Biopsy microbiology | No of positive cells | Density of positive cells |
| London patients | |||||
| Asymptomatic | Mild diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| Asymptomatic | Moderate diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| Asymptomatic | Mild diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| Asymptomatic | Mild diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| Asymptomatic | Moderate diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| PGL | Moderate diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| PGL | No diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| PGL | Mild diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| ARC | Severe diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| ARC | Moderate diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| ARC | Severe diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| ARC | Moderate diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| ARC | No diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| ARC | Moderate diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| AIDS | Severe diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| AIDS | No diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | 1 | 2 |
| AIDS | Mild diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | 5 | 25 |
| AIDS | Severe diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | 0 | <5 |
| AIDS | Mild diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| AIDS | No diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| African patients | |||||
| ARC | Diarrhoea, weight loss | Nil | Nil | 40 | 143 |
| ARC | Diarrhoea, weight loss | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| ARC | Diarrhoea, weight loss | Nil | Nil | 23 | 143 |
| ARC | Diarrhoea | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| ARC | Abdominal pain | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| ARC | Diarrhoea, weight loss | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| AIDS | Diarrhoea, weight loss | Nil | Nil | 24 | 62 |
| AIDS | Herpes zoster | Nil | Nil | 12 | 50 |
| AIDS | Hemiparesis | Nil | Nil | 48 | 500 |
| AIDS | Diarrhoea, weight loss | Cryptospordiumsp | Cryptospordium sp | 0 | <6 |
| AIDS | Diarrhoea, weight loss | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| AIDS | Diarrhoea, weight loss | Nil | Nil | 39 | 77 |
| AIDS | Herpes zoster | Nil | Nil | – | – |
| AIDS | Diarrhoea, weight loss, Herpes zoster | NK | Nil | – | – |
| AIDS | Diarrhoea, weight loss | Cryptospordiumsp | Microspordium sp | – | – |
| AIDS | Diarrhoea, weight loss | Nil | Strongyloides | – | – |
| Negative | Abdominal pain | Nil | Nil | ||
| Negative | Asymptomatic | Nil | Nil | ||
| Negative | Asymptomatic | Nil | Nil | ||
| Negative | Asymptomatic | Nil | Schistosoma mansoni | ||
| Negative | Asymptomatic | Nil | Spirochaetosis | ||
| Negative | Diarrhoea, weight loss, abdominal pain | Nil | Nil | ||
| Negative | Asymptomatic | Nil | Nil |
NK, not known; ARC, AIDS related complex; PGL, persistent generalised lymphadenopathy.