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. 2009 Aug 5;47(10):3204–3210. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00164-09

TABLE 3.

Serological patterns and EBV diagnosis for the 20/32 serological patterns that occurred in <10 patientsa

Pattern no.b “Presumed” EBV stage BioPlex 2200 resultc
No. of patients
In study With EBV diagnosis based on medical record reviewd
VCA IgG EBNA-1 IgG EA-D IgG VCA IgM Het IgM EBV naive Primary acute Past infection Recovery/ reactivation Inconclusive
3 Primary acute Pos Neg Neg Pos Neg 7 0 2 3 1 1
6 Primary acute Pos Neg Neg Neg Pos 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Primary acute Pos Neg Pos Pos Neg 2 0 0 0 1 1
8 Primary acute Pos Neg Neg Pos Pos 1 0 1 0 0 0
10 Primary acute Pos Neg Pos Neg Pos 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Primary acute Pos Neg Pos Pos Pos 4 0 2 0 1 1
13 Past infection Neg Pos Pos Neg Neg 6 3 1 0 0 2
16 Recov/Reacte Neg Pos Neg Pos Neg 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Recov/React Neg Pos Pos Pos Neg 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Recov/React Neg Pos Neg Pos Pos 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Recov/React Pos Pos Neg Neg Pos 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Recov/React Neg Pos Pos Neg Pos 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Recov/React Pos Pos Neg Pos Pos 1 0 0 1 0 0
24 Recov/React Neg Pos Pos Pos Pos 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Recov/React Pos Pos Pos Neg Pos 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Recov/React Pos Pos Pos Pos Pos 4 0 2 2 0 0
27 Unknown Neg Neg Pos Neg Neg 7 4 1 1 1 0
28 Unknown Neg Neg Neg Neg Pos 1 0 1 0 0 0
31 Unknown Neg Neg Pos Neg Pos 3 0 2 0 0 1
32 Unknown Neg Pos Neg Neg Pos 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals: 36 7 12 7 4 6
a

Shown are the 20/32 possible serological patterns that occurred in <10 patients.

b

Pattern numbers correspond to those shown in Table 1.

c

Pos, positive; Neg, negative.

d

See Materials and Methods for classification of EBV stage.

e

Recov/React, recovery/reactivation: those patients who are in a late acute infection stage or have benign reactivation.