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Table 2 pp65 antigenemia and qPCR findings in children with either a weakly or strongly positive DBS-test

From: Pp65 antigenemia, plasma real-time PCR and DBS test in symptomatic and asymptomatic cytomegalovirus congenitally infected newborns

 

Positive DBS test

 

pp65

(no. cells pos/2 × 105PBL)

qPCR

(copies/ml)

 

weak

strong

weak

strong

Total

10

58

8

59

Positive (%)

7 (70.0%)

48 (82.8%)

8 (100%)

59 (100%)

Median

1.0

4.5

1,318

7,753

Interquartile range (IQR)

1-4

2-11.8

501-3,327

3,136-17,916

p

0.0385*

0.0279*

  1. * Mann -Whitney test