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Table 3 Epstein-Barr virus positive persons and mean of total RNA abundance by sex

From: Herpesviruses and their genetic diversity in the blood virome of healthy individuals: effect of aging

Sex

Number of persons

Number of EBV positive persons

Mean of total EBV RNA abundance in positive persons

Male

200

39

1.454

Female

117

29

1.360

  1. Difference in frequencies of EBV positive persons was not significant (two-sided Pearson’s chi-square test, p = 0.27). Difference in means was not significant (non-parametric Mann-Whitney U-test, p = 0.64). Total EBV RNA abundance is shown as reads per million quality reads