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Table 1. The corresponding tests used to determine causative viral (CV) causes or associated viral (AV) causes in PALF participants.

Causative Viral (CV) Causes	Tests to determine viral causes
HAV	HAV IgM antibody
HBV	HBV core IgM antibody or HBV DNA
HSV	HSV IgM antibody, HSV DNA, HSV culture from blood, tracheal or nasopharyngeal aspirate, liver tissue, and/or cerebrospinal fluid
EV	EV RNA or EV IgM antibody (age 0 - 6 months old)
AdV	AdV DNA
PV	PV IgM antibody or PV DNA
Associated Viral (AV) Causes
HBV	HBsAg or HBeAg
HCV	HCV RNA
CMV	CMV DNA, CMV IgM antibody or CMV culture from liver tissue and/or tracheal aspirate
EBV	EBV DNA in blood or bone marrow or EBV IgM antibody
HHV-6	HHV-6 DNA from blood or liver
HIV	HIV IgM antibody