TABLE 2.
Number (percentage) of babies in the three different groups according to the presence or absence of HCMV, as defined by the cell culture assay and the quantitative PCR
| Group | No. (%) HCMV positive by:
|
No. (%) HCMV negative by:
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cell culture | Quantitative PCR | Cell culture | Quantitative PCR | |
| 1 | 4 (6.9) | 5 (8.6) | 54 (93.1) | 53 (91.4) |
| 2 | 14 (10.3) | 17 (12.5) | 120 (88.2) | 117 (86.1) |
| Control | 11 (3.3) | 15 (4.5) | 317 (95.5) | 317 (95.5) |