Volume 16, Number 9—September 2010
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KI and WU Polyomaviruses and CD4+ Cell Counts in HIV-1–infected Patients, Italy
Table 1
Characteristics of 153 HIV+ persons tested for infection with WU and KI polyomaviruses, Italy, 2004–2009*†
Characteristic | WUPyV+, n = 7 | WUPyV–, n = 146 | KIPyV+, n = 4 | KIPyV–, n = 149 |
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CD4+ cells/µL | ||||
<200 | 1 (14.3) | 45 (30.8) | 46 (30.9) | |
>200 | 6 (85.7) | 101 (69.2) | 4 (100) | 103 (69.1) |
Median (95% CI) |
308 (248–523) |
282 (153–378) |
356 (270–517) |
281 (154–378) |
Virus load, copies/reaction | ||||
<100,000 | 7 (100) | 99 (67.8) | 2 (50) | 104 (69.8) |
>100,000 | 47 (32.2) | 2 (50) | 45 (30.2) | |
Median (95% CI) |
3,210 (108–36,895) |
37,460 (5,490−152,000) |
60,636 (2,791–246,500) |
34,905 (4,980–145,200) |
Co-infection | ||||
Yes | 2‡ (28.6) | 29 (19.9) | 2§ (50) | 29 (19.5) |
No | 5 (71.4) | 117 (80.1) | 2 (50) | 120 (80.5) |
*Values are no. (%) unless otherwise indicated. WUPvV, WU polyomavirus; KIPyV, KI polyomavirus; CI, confidence interval.
†Of the 153 persons tested, 115 (75.2%) were men, 38 (24.8%) women. A total of 130 blood donors (104 [80%] men, 26 [20%] women) were also tested; 1 (0.8%) was WUPyV+ and 4 (3.1%) were KIPyV+.
‡Co-infection with hepatitis virus.
§Co-infection with hepatitis C virus and hepatitis B virus.