Participants were asymptomatic adults without sexually transmitted diseases, treatment-naive people living with HIV (PLWH), with CD4+ T cell counts >200 cells/mm3 and plasma HIV-1-RNA levels >5000 and <500 000 copies/mL, randomized (1:1) to DTG + TAF/FTC or dolutegravir/lamivudine. The gene discussed is CD4; the disease is sexually transmitted disease.