Fig. 4

EBV and HHV-6 infection in patients with SLE and healthy control. The positive rate of EBV was 71.43% (75/105) in SLE patients, with the active type accounting for 69.09% and the stable type accounting for 74.00%. In the controls, it was only 9.09% (10/110). In 75 SLE patients who were EBV positive, 42 cases were EBNA2 positive, 2 cases were LMP1 positive, 38 cases were BcLF1 positive, 2 cases were BARF1, and 24 cases were EBV IgM positive, while LMP2A and BZLF1 mRNA was not detected. The positive rate of HHV-6 was 53.33% (56/105) in SLE patients, and 58.18% (64/110) in controls. In 56 HHV-6-positive SLE patients, 10 cases of HHV-6A and 46 cases of HHV-6B were detected. In 64 healthy controls, 8 cases of HHV-6A and 56 cases of HHV-6B were detected