Infectious Agents and Cancer

Table 3 Factors associated with EBV viral load among individuals with detectable EBV in oral fluids or PBMCs

From: Comparison of Epstein–Barr virus and Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus viral load in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and oral fluids of HIV-negative individuals aged 3–89 years from Uganda

Factor	Oral fluids		PBMCs
Factor	Coefficient (95% CI)*	P value	Coefficient (95% CI)*	P value
Sex
Females	Ref		Ref
Males	0.06 (− 0.13, 0.24)	0.550	− 0.05 (− 0.16, 0.06)	0.348
Age groups (years)
3–17	Ref		Ref
18–50	− 0.23 (− 0.45, − 0.004)		− 0.26 (− 0.40, − 0.12)
51–89	− 0.31 (− 0.56, − 0.05)	0.046	− 0.08 (− 0.22, 0.07)	0.0004
Malaria parasitaemia^a
Negative	Ref		Ref
Positive	0.05 (− 0.40, 0.50)	0.826	0.43 (0.15, 0.71)	0.002

*Adjusted for age group, sex and malaria parasitaemia. ^aAsymptomatic malaria by rapid diagnostic test (RDT). Logistic regression modelling done using STATA version 13. Viral load detected using qPCR

Back to article page

ISSN: 1750-9378

Contact us

General enquiries: journalsubmissions@springernature.com