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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020 Jul 25;26(11):2147–2154. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2020.07.024

Table 5.

Effect of CMV reactivation on CASTs

A. CMV reactivation before day+100 correlates with increased CASTs reconstitution at day+100 in R+D+, R+D-, and R-D+ pairs. Second parenthesis denote horizontal percentages.
Day+100
CAST level
CMV reactivation before day+100 p-value
No (N=65)
N (%)
Yes (N=54)
N (%)
<3/uL (N=57) 42 (66) (75) 14 (26) (25) <0.0001
≥3/uL (N=62) 22 (34) (35) 40 (74) (65)
B. A range of CMV antigenemia before day+100 is associated with increased CASTs at day+100 in R+D+, R+D-, and R-D+ pairs.
Change in
CASTs from
before alloHCT
to day+100
CMV antigenemia (PMNs+pp65) upon CMV reactivation
before day+100
p-value
None 1-2 3-5 6-9 10-24 ≥25
Same or lower 43 (70) 9 (15) 3 (5) 2 (3) 1 (2) 3 (5) 0.03
Higher 21 (37) 18 (32) 7 (12) 5 (9) 2 (4) 4 (7)

Abbreviations: alloHCT – allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant, CAST – CMV antigen specific T cell, CMV – cytomegalovirus, D – donor CMV serotype, N – number, PMNs+pp65 – polymorphonuclear cells positive for pp65 antigen, R-recipient CMV serotype.