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. 2007 Mar 21;45(5):1426–1432. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01515-06

TABLE 3.

Detection of EBV, CMV, and HHV-6 DNA in whole blood and plasma using multiplex real-time PCR assay

Detected viral DNA No. of samples detected from:
P valuea
Whole blood (n = 303)
Plasma (n = 303)
n % n %
EBV or CMV or HHV-6 112 37.0 37 12.2 <0.0001
EBV 72 23.8 18 5.9 <0.0001
CMV 34 11.2 16 5.3 0.0114
HHV-6 38 12.5 6 2.0 <0.0001
EBV only 48 15.8 15 5.0
CMV only 16 5.3 13 4.3
HHV-6 only 19 6.3 6 2.0
EBV and CMV 10 3.3 3 1.0
CMV and HHV-6 5 1.7 0 0
EBV and HHV-6 11 3.6 0 0
EBV, CMV, and HHV-6 3 1.0 0 0
Below detection limits in all viruses 191 63.0 266 87.8
a

Fisher's exact test.