TABLE 2.

Quantification of HHV-8 DNA with and without calibration^a

Genome equivalents/sample	Genome equivalents, mean of recovery ± SD		Intersample CVa		Accuracy error (%)
	Uncalibrated	Calibrated	Uncalibrated	Calibrated	Uncalibrated	Calibrated
800	404 ± 80	677 ± 129	19.8	19	49.5	15.4
300,000	149,860 ± 60,670	282,040 ± 15,500	41.3	8.7	50	6

^aMean of recovery, inter-sample CV, and accuracy error for different amounts of viral DNA spiked into HHV-8-seronegative human plasma.