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Table 3 Number of TB patients who tested positive for anti-HHV-8 antibodies in plasma and in peritoneal or pleural effusion samples

From: Human herpesvirus type 8 in tuberculosis patients with effusion

 

Plasma

Effusion

P value

IFA + a

10/38 (26.3 %)

13/38b(34.2 %)

0.45c

Anti-HHV-8 titers

  

0.50d

1:40

7

10

 

1:80

3

3

 
  1. HHV-8, human herpesvirus type 8; IFA, immunofluorescence assay; TB, tuberculosis
  2. aPositive in the IFA. bEffusion specimens of 2 of the 40 TB patients with effusions were unavailable. cχ2 test. dMann-Whitney test