TABLE 1.
IgA EA ELISA values and IgG immunoblot scores for sera of healthy EBV carriers with low positive results for the IgA [EBNA1+VCA p18] ELISA
| Patient code | IgA ELISA (OD) fora:
|
IgG immunoblot diversity scoreb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [EBNA1+VCA p18] (CoV, 0.354) | EA (CoV, 0.2162) | ||
| pmi-3 | 0.449* | 0.254** | − |
| pmi-9 | 0.541 | 0.171 | +1 |
| pmi-12 | 0.830 | 0.199 | +2 |
| pmi-17 | 0.490* | 0.158 | +1 |
| pmi-26 | 0.527 | 0.131 | +1 |
| pmi-29 | 0.441* | 0.109 | +1 |
| pmi-30 | 0.374* | 0.128 | +1 |
| pmi-43 | 0.463* | 0.150 | +1 |
| pmi-54 | 1.296 | 0.114 | +1 |
| pmi-67 | 0.364* | 0.135 | − |
| pmi-88 | 0.684 | 0.247** | − |
| pmi-91 | 1.462 | 0.143 | +1 |
| pmi-92 | 1.014 | 0.105 | +1 |
| pmi-95 | 0.532 | 0.210 | +1 |
| pmi-108 | 1.813 | 0.138 | − |
| pmi-152 | 0.492* | 0.044 | +1 |
| pmi-154 | 0.613 | 0.100 | − |
| pmi-173 | 0.395* | 0.067 | +1 |
| pmi-185 | 1.977 | 0.132 | − |
| pmi-194 | 0.418* | 0.266** | +1 |
| pmi-204 | 0.904 | 0.183 | +1 |
a
*, IgA [EBNA1+VCA p18] ELISA value in the gray area; **, IgA EA value above the cutoff.
b
IgG diversity score: −, negative; +1, normal; +2, normal reactive; +3 and +4, NPC pattern.