Profiling genome-wide recombination in Epstein Barr virus reveals type-specific patterns and associations with endemic-Burkitt lymphoma

Table 2 Factors associated with recombination

Characteristic	Total	Recombinant genomes (%)	Non-recombinant Genomes (%)	p value
N	86	71 (82.6)	15 (17.5)
Viral type
Type 1	56	51 (71.8)	5 (33.3)	0.011^a
Type 2	30	20 (28.2)	10 (66.6)	0.011^a
BL status
eBL	54	48 (67.6)	6 (40)	0.086^a
Healthy	32	23 (32.4)	9 (60)	0.086^a

eBL endemic Burkitt lymphoma
Bold text indicates a statistically significant difference with a p value < 0.05. Groups’ proportions were compared using ^aPearson’s Chi-square

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