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Table 1 Detection and quantitation of HHV-6 DNA in blood and bone marrow samples

From: Quantitative analysis of human herpesvirus-6 genome in blood and bone marrow samples from Tunisian patients with acute leukemia: a follow-up study

Sample type

Detection of HHV-6 (%) and quantitation (range) expressed as copies/million cells at

Diagnosis

Aplasia

Remission

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Detection

Quantitation

Detection

Quantitation

Detection

Quantitation

Detection

Quantitation

Blood

9 [15]a,b

138 (12 – 6 074074)

5 [8]c,d

244 (68 – 6 546567)

18 (30) a,c

112 (26 – 6 675980)

11 (28) b,d

78 (19 – 8 533719)

Bone marrow

3 [5]a,b

34 (12 – 123)

Nc

Nc

9 [16]a

109 (10 – 245)

8 [17]b

14 (4 – 78)

All types of samples

12 [10]

206 (12 – 6 074074)

5 [8]

244 (68 – 6546 567)

27 (26)

114 (10 – 6 675 980)

19 (26)

14 (4 – 8 533 719)

  1. Nc: Not collected; ap = 0.04 for blood; p = 0.01 for bone marrow; bp = 0.06 for blood; p = 0.03 for bone marrow; cp = 0.005; dp = 0.02.