Research Article
Search for Anti-EA(D) Antibodies in Subjects with an “Isolated VCA IgG” Pattern
Table 3
Correlations between the presence of anti-EA(D) antibodies and antibody specificity at EBV immunoblotting.
| Anti-EA(D) | No. | Anti-EBV at immunoblotting | antibodies | gp250/350 | p54 | p72 | p138 | p23 | p18 |
| Positive | 37 | 11 (29.7%) | 34 (91.9%) | 7 (18.9%) | 32 (86.5%) | 32 (86.5%) | 12 (32.4%) | Negative | 93 | 22 (23.7%) | 13 (14.0%) | 58 (62.4%) | 24 (25.8%) | 89 (95.7%) | 92 (98.9%) | P | | NS | .01 | .01 | .01 | NS | .01 |
|
|
NS: not significant.
|