Table 1 Results of the pp65 (antigenemia), qPCR, and DBS tests in symptomatic and asymptomatic newborns
pp65 (no. cells pos/2 × 10 5 PBL) | qPCR (no. copies/ml) | DBS test | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive (%) | Median | IQR° | Positive (%) | Median | IQR° | Positive (%) | Weak | Strong | |
Symptomatic | 19/21 (90.5%) | 8.0 | 2-33 | 22/22 (100.0%) | 8,701 | 1,777-39,945 | 22/22 (100.0%) | 3 | 19 |
Asymptomatic | 36/47 (76.6%) | 3.0 | 2-7 | 45/45 (100.0%) | 5,383 | 2,359-11,896 | 48/48 (100.0%) | 7 | 41 |
p | 0.0098* | 0.2193* | 0.2858** | ||||||