The Viral Load of Human Cytomegalovirus Infection in Children following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant by Chip Digital PCR

Table 2

Characteristics of 125 children following HSCT.

Children patient characteristics		No. of children patients (no. of HCMV Positive)
Age (years)	0–6	70 (17)
	7–12	43 (17)
	≥12	12 (4)
Sex	Male	73 (22)
	Female	52 (16)
HCMV IgG	D^+ & R^+	68 (28)
	D^+ & R^-	31 (7)
	D^− & R^+	18 (3)
	D^− & R^-	5 (0)
Disease	AML	37 (15)
	ALL	17 (7)
	AA	22 (5)
	MDS	10 (4)
	Lymphoma	3 (1)
	NB	5 (0)
	WAS	6 (1)
	MPS	25 (5)
HSCT	Allogeneic	122 (38)
	Autologous	3 (0)
Source of HSCT	BM + PBSCT	98 (32)
	PBSCT	18 (3)
	UCB-HSCT	9 (3)
GVHD (grade)	0	83 (23)
	1-2	30 (12)
	3-4	12 (3)

Abbreviations: HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; HCMV, human cytomegalovirus; D, donor patients; R, recipient patients; AML, acute myelocytic leukemia; ALL, acute lymphocytic leukemia; AA, aplastic anemia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; NB, neuroblastoma; WAS, Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome; MPS, mucopolysaccharidosis; BM, bone marrow; PBHSCT, peripheral blood stem cell transplantation; GVHD, graft vs. host disease.