Table 2 Prevalence of Malawi and JC/BK polyomavirus and EBV infections in biological samples from healthy and autoimmune children
Samples | Polyomavirus No. (%) | Ref. virus No. (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total No. | MWPyV | JCPyV | BKPyV | EBV | ||
Healthy children | ||||||
No. 200 | Tonsil | 100 | 6 (6 %) | 0 | 0 | 38 (38 %) |
Adenoid | 100 | 1 (1 %) | 0 | 0 | 37 (37 %) | |
Blood | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (12 %) | |
Urine | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Stoola | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Total No. | 500 | 7 (1.4 %) | 0 | 0 | – | |
Autoimmune children | ||||||
No. 40 | Blood | 40 | 0 | 6 (15 %) | 0 | 2 (5 %) |
Urine | 40 | 0 | 40 (100 %) | 5 (12.5 %) | – | |
Total No. | 80 | 0 | 46 (57.5 %) | 5 (6.25 %) | – |