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Table 4 The distribution of age in EBV-positive patients (age ≥8 months)

From: The impact of serological features in Chinese children with primary or past Epstein–Barr virus infections

Infection status

Age (months)

8–11

12–23

24–35

36–59

≥60

Primary infection (n = 60)

6 (21.4%)

13 (26.0%)

13 (24.5%)

13 (18.6%)

15 (19.0%)

Past infection (n = 95)

1 (3.6%)**

7 (14.0%)##

19 (35.9%)*

31 (44.3%)*#

37 (46.8%)*#

Orphaned VCA-IgG (n = 9)

1 (3.6%)

2 (4.0%)

2 (3.8%)

2 (2.9%)

2 (2.5%)

No infection (n = 116)

20 (71.4%)**

28 (56.0%)

19 (35.9%)*

24 (34.3%)*

25 (31.7%)*

Total

28

50

53

70

79

  1. P < 0.05 between * and **, and between # and ##.