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. 2000 Apr;38(4):1404–1408. doi: 10.1128/jcm.38.4.1404-1408.2000

TABLE 2.

Interexperimental variability: viral load in five separate aliquots of PBMCs from a patient with MCD

DNA extract No. of HHV-8 DNA copies per 106 cells in aliquot:
CVa (%)
1 2 3 4 5 Mean SD
Undilutedb 1,209,724 1,291,996 1,368,835 1,243,433 1,343,713 1,291,540 66,530 5.2
1:10 dilutionb 1,445,277 1,421,853 1,463,155 1,276,061 1,119,156 1,345,100 146,356 10.9
a

CV, coefficient of variation. 

b

Each measurement was carried out in duplicate.