Table 1. Characteristics of leukaemia cases whose Guthrie cards were tested for the presence of adenovirus.
| Patient characteristics | N | AdV DNA |
|---|---|---|
| Controls | 100 | 1 |
| Cases | 89 | 0 |
| Bp ALL | 80 | |
| T ALL | 6 | |
| Unknown lineage | 3 | |
| Karyotypea | ||
| Hyperdiploid (47–50) | 12 | |
| Hyperdiploid (51–67) | 27 | |
| Triploid | 2 | |
| Pseudodiploid | 27 | |
| t(12;21) | 13 | |
| chr11q2.3 | 8 | |
| Others | 4 | |
| No abnormality | 9 |
AdV=adenovirus; ALL= acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Bp ALL=B-cell precursor ALL; T ALL=T-cell ALL.
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Among Bp ALL only. Characteristics of T-cell ALL are not shown.