Figure 2.

Quantification of herpesvirus targets by ICS-PCR in a reference pediatric population. The levels of eight human herpesviruses in the blood of 51 pediatric emergency room patients was determined by ICS-PCR as described in Figure 1 . The diamonds indicate values (in VT/ml blood) for all samples that gave detectable virus-specific bands. The proportion of samples that gave detectable bands is indicated above each virus designation. Green diamonds are values from the subset of patients presenting with fever in this group. The red triangles indicate the average limits of detection for each virus in all negative samples analyzed in this study.