TABLE 2.
Frequency of EBV infection in various human tissues
| Tissue | No. positive (EBER)/total no. of samples | No. of EBER-positive cells per mm2 (mean) | No. positive/total no. of samples (qPCR) | qPCR titer (mean copies/cell) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gut lymph nodes | 4/10, 16/38a | 0.139 | 5/10 | 5.77E−04 |
| Tonsil | 7/10 | 0.049 | 7/10 | 3.49E−03 |
| Appendix | 4/9 | 0.066 | 4/9 | 4.06E−04 |
| Peyer’s patches | 0/5 | 0.000 | 0/5 | 0 |
| Spleen | 0/5 | 0.000 | 0/5 | 0 |
| Gastritis | 3/10 | 0.143 | 8/10 | 4.92E−03 |
a
For gut lymph nodes, the first set of numbers indicates number of patients, while the second set indicates number of samples.