Monitoring human cytomegalovirus infection with nested PCR: comparison of positive rates in plasma and leukocytes and with quantitative PCR

Table 1 Positive rate of HCMV DNA in plasma and PBL by qRT-PCR and nested PCR

Technique with material No. of positive cases (%) (N = 106)		qRT-PCR with PBL 13 (12.3%)		Nested PCR with plasma 20 (18.9%^a)
		Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
Nested PCR with PBL 37 (34.9%^{b, c})	Positive	13	24	18	19
	Negative	0	99	2	67

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