Table 2 Detection and quantitation of HHV-6 according the type of acute leukemia at diagnosis
Pathology | Number of samples (blood/bone marrow) | Detection of HHV-6 in blood/bone marrow (%) | HHV-6 median load expressed as copies/million cells (range) in blood | HHV-6 median load expressed as copies/million cells (range) in bone marrow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B-ALL | 62 (31/30) | 6/2 (19/7) | 206 (41 – 1 225) | 79 (34 – 123) |
T-ALL | 7 (5/2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
AML | 64 (37/27) | 3/1 (8/4) | 68 (12 – 6 074 074) | 12 |
All patients | 133 (73/59) | 9/3 (15/5) | 206 (12 – 6 074 074) | 34 (12–123) |