Identification of Human Herpesvirus 8 Sequences in Conjunctiva Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Ugandan Patients

Table 3

Distribution of HHV8 in HIV-positive and HIV-negative conjunctival neoplasia samples and controls.

HIV status	Conjunctiva; neoplastic tissues	Conjunctiva; control tissue	P value
	N (%)	N^† (%)
HIV positive			0.347^‡
HHV8-Pos	12 (25.0)	2 (13.3)
HHV8-Neg	36 (75.0)	13 (86.7)
HIV negative			1.000^‡
HHV8-Pos	2 (8.3)	1 (4.2)
HHV8-Neg	22 (91.7)	23 (95.8)

Two pingueculae, 1 pterygium, and 1 papilloma of the conjunctiva were included in the control group.
^†21 control subjects with undetermined HIV serology were not included.
^‡Fisher’s exact test, two-tailed.