In brief: all individuals were male and likely infected by HIV through homosexual intercourse; prior to enrollment they were antiretroviral naïve and their estimated duration of infection was <6 months for PHI and ranged from 1 to 23 years for CHI; levels per million CD4+ T cells of total, 2-LTR and integrated HIV DNA were obtained prior to ART and at weeks 12, 24, 52, 78, 104, 130, and 156. Here, CD4 is linked to infection.