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. 2008 Sep 3;46(11):3564–3568. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00757-08

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)