Human Parvovirus 4 Infection among Mothers and Children in South Africa
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Characteristic Parv4 IgG negative, n = 77 Parv4 IGg positive, n = 37 p-value Median age (IQR), y 7 (3–9) 7 (4–8) p = 0.87† Number of males (%) 38 (49) 12 (32) p = 0.21‡ Number with HIV (%) 65 (85) 25 (68) p = 0.05‡ Median CD4+ T cell percentage (IQR)§ 25 (18-30) 24 (16-30) p = 0.68‡ Median HIV viral load (IQR), copies/mL§ 120,000 (21,600–365,000) 52,000 (7,700–150,000) p = 0.13† Proportion with PARV4 IgG+ mother (%)¶ 15/33 (45) 7/14 (50) p = 1.00‡ *IQR, interquartile range; PARV4, parvovirus 4. †Mann-Whitney U test. ‡Fisher exact test. §CD4+ T cells and HIV viral loads are reported for HIV-infected persons only. ¶47 mother–child pairs represented (from a total of 43 mothers recruited; 4 have 2 children each. Numerators in this row add up to 22 because 1 PARV4-positive mother had 2 children).
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