Multiple pathogens and prostate cancer

Table 6 Cytomegalovirus infections and prostate cancer

Study	Country	Method	Prostate cancer	Prostate non cancer controls	P value
Boldogh 1983 [93]	US	ISH	4/10 40%	5/22 23%	0.461 ns
Eizuru 1983 [104]	US	ISH	0/5 0%	0/12 0%	0.554 ns
Samanta 2003 [105]	US	IHC	17/17 100%	5/5 100%	1.000 ns
Huang 2008 [87]	US whites US blacks	Serology	538/769 70% 90/103 87%	626/920 68% 328/369 89%	0.452 ns 0.439 ns
Martinez- Fierro 2010 [23]	Mexico	PCR	0/55 0%	6/75 8%	0.037 s Control > cancer

ISH, in-situ hybridisation; IHC, immunohistochemistry; s, significant; ns, non significant

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