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Table 2 Seroprevalence of BDV-specific circulating immune complexes (CIC) and antigen (Ag)

From: Primary psychosis and Borna disease virus infection in Lithuania: a case control study

 

In-patients

Blood donors-controls

p-value

Extinction values

Total number, n

106

98

  

CIC positive, n (%)

42 (39.6)

22 (22.4)

0.008

 

Men, n (%)

16 (35.6)

14 (20.9)

0.086

 

Women, n (%)

26 (42.6)

8 (25.8)

0.001

 

CIC negative, n (%)

64 (60.4)

76 (77.6)

0.027

≤0.12

CIC weak positive, n (%)

15 (14.2)

12 (12.2)

 

>0.12–0.15

CIC positive+, n (%)

19 (17.9)

8 (8.2)

 

>0.15–0.30

CIC positive++, n (%)

8 (7.5)

2 (2.0)

 

>0.30–0.60

Ag positive, n (%)

7 (6.6)

2 (2.0)

0.113

 

Men, n (%)

5 (11.1)

2 (3.3)

0.082

 

Women, n (%)

2 (28.6)

0 (0)

0.308

 

Ag negative, n (%)

99 (93.4)

96 (98.0)

0.255

≤0.12

Ag weak positive, n (%)

5 (4.7)

1 (1.0)

 

>0.12–0.15

Ag positive+, n (%)

2 (1.9)

1 (1.0)

 

>0.15–0.30

  1. Extinction values read at 405 nm microplate ELISA reader
  2. p-values < 0.05 indicating statistical significance between groups. Significant differences are marked in bold