Patients Diagnosis based on seroprofilea and real-time PCR Real-time PCR No of patients positive /no.tested (median load)
VCA IgM (+), HA(+), EBNA IgG (-) 46 IM (46)
No EBV infection (0)
43/46 (4.57×103)
VCA IgM (+), HA (-), EBNA IgG (-) 63 IM (20)
No EBV infection (43)
20/20 (6.1×103)
0/43
VCA IgM (-), HA (+), EBNA IgG (-) 9 IM (4)
No EBV infection (5)
4/4 (4.98×103)
0/5
Total (with variable serological profile) 118 IM (70)
No EBV infection (48)
67/70 (5.02×103)
0/48
Table 1: Correlation between results of EBV serology and real-time PCR.