TABLE 1.
Detection rate and quantity of VZV DNA in blood from patients with VZV infections
| Infection type | No. of patients | % VZV DNA positive (no. of patients positive/total no. of patients)
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VZV DNA load [mean log copies/ml (SD)]
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| Total | Whole blood | Plasma or serum | Whole blood | Plasma or serum | ||
| Varicella | 21 | 85.7 (18/21) | 87.5 (7/8) | 88.9 (16/18) | 3.2 (0.7) | 3.3 (1.4) |
| Herpes zoster | ||||||
| Dermatomal | 15 | 73 (11/15) | 90 (9/10) | 66.7 (6/9) | 2.3 (0.4) | 2.0 (0.6) |
| Disseminated or multidermatomal | 6 | 100 (6/6) | 100 (5/5) | 100 (6/6) | 3.7 (1.0) | 3.6 (1.2) |
| No VZV disease | 30 | 0 (0/30) | 0 (0/20) | 0 (0/10) | ||