Table 2.
The number and percentage of anti-Borrelia results obtained in the IgM and IgG class by enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA), indirect immunofluorescence (IIFT) and immunoblot (IB) assays in patients infected with the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and BK virus (BKV).
| Virus | Type of Serological Test | Result | IgM n (%) |
IgG n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBV n = 27 |
ELISA | POS/BOR | 6 (22.2) | 8 (29.6) |
| NEG | 21 (77.8) | 19 (70.4) | ||
| IIFT | POS/BOR | 14 (51.9) | 17 (63.0) | |
| NEG | 13 (48.1) | 10 (37.0) | ||
| IB | POS/BOR | 3 (11.1) | 2 (7.4) | |
| NEG | 24 (88.9) | 25 (92.6) | ||
| CMV n = 26 |
ELISA | POS/BOR | 2 (7.7) | 1 (3.9) |
| NEG | 24 (92.3) | 25 (96.1) | ||
| IIFT | POS/BOR | 4 (15.4) | 4 (15.4) | |
| NEG | 22 (84.6) | 22 (84.6) | ||
| IB | POS/BOR | 6 (23.1) | 3 (11.5) | |
| NEG | 20 (76.9) | 23 (88.5) | ||
| BKV n = 16 |
ELISA | POS/BOR | 1 (6.2) | 1 (6.2) |
| NEG | 15 (93.8) | 15 (93.8) | ||
| IIFT | POS/BOR | 4 (25.0) | 1 (6.2) | |
| NEG | 12 (75.0) | 15 (93.8) | ||
| IB | POS/BOR | 4 (25.0) | 8 (50.0) | |
| NEG | 12 (75.0) | 8 (50.0) |
NEG, negative result; BOR, borderline result; POS, positive result.