TABLE 5.
Correlation of EBV DNA load in plasma determined by TaqMan PCR and expressed as copies per milliliter and in PBLs determined by cPCRa
| PBL viral load group (copies/105 PBLs) | Plasma viral load group (copies/ml)b
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| I (<50) | II (50-799) | III (800-20,999) | IV (≥21,000) | |
| I (<8) | 10 | 3 | 2 | |
| II (8-100) | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| III (200-1,000) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| IV (>1,000) | 2 | 3 | ||
a
Percent correlation = 42.4% (n = 59 pairs). Spearman r2 = 0.510 (P < 0.001).
b
Number of sample pairs with indicated group-categorized results for the two assays.