Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) DNA in Sera of Patients with Primary EBV Infection

1 November 2001

journal article
research article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Vol. 39 (11) , 4152-4154
https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.39.11.4152-4154;2001

Abstract

Detection of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) DNA by PCR in serum had a sensitivity of 80%, a specificity of 94%, and positive and negative predictive values of 95 and 79%, respectively, for the diagnosis of primary EBV infection. We suggest that this is a useful addition to the panel of tests used for this purpose.

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