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Table 3 Time course of various antibodies for both CMV and EBV in this patient

From: Primary Epstein–Barr virus infection shortly after primary Cytomegalovirus infection: a case report

Virus antibody

Just after primary CMV infection

3 months after CMV infection

5 months after CMV infection and just after primary EBV infection

6 months after CMV infection

Reference

range

CMV IgG antibody

24.0 (+)

28.0 (+)

N/A

N/A

< 0.2

CMV IgM antibody

3.89 (+)

0.78 (−)

N/A

N/A

< 0.80

EBV anti-VCA IgG antibody

0.2 (−)

0.2 (−)

1.7 (+)

1.9 (+)

< 0.5

EBV anti-VCA IgM antibody

0.2 (−)

0.2 (−)

5.7 (+)

7.1 (+)

< 0.5

EBV anti-EBNA IgG antibody

0.1 (−)

0.1 (−)

0.1 (−)

0.1 (−)

< 0.5

  1. CMV Cytomegalovirus, EBV Epstein–Barr virus, VCA viral capsid antigen, EBNA EBV nuclear antigen, N/A not applicable