The man was a late presenter (CD4+ count < 350/mmc/AIDS defining illness regardless of the CD4+ cell count at HIV diagnosis) with an HIV RNA viral load in plasma of 650,000 cps/mL, accompanied by CD4+ count of 9/mmc (2.4%), CD8+ count of 347.2/mmc (54.2%), and CD4+/CD8+ ratio of 0.04. The gene discussed is CD8A; the disease is AIDS.