Table 2.

Contaminating fibroblasts and CMV copies in whole blood and pooled platelet units before and after LD (n = 6)




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B

C

D

E

F

Mean (SD)

Mean copy no.
Whole blood         
Fibroblasts per microliter          
Before LD   2.60   1.30   4.37   2.63   9.47   2.83   3.87 (2.91)*  —  
After LD   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.15   0.00   0.00   0.03*  —  
Corrected CMV copies per microliter          
Before LD   4060   188   420   2880   1760   103   2.87 (0.66)†   742  
After LD   3.96   0.51   1.07   3.77   0.85   0.30   0.053 (0.45)†   1.13  
Log10 CMV reduction   3.00   2.56   2.59   2.88   3.31   2.53   2.81 (0.31)‡   —  
Platelets         
Fibroblasts per microliter          
Before LD   8.2   4.4   3.3   4.2   8.1   6.1   5.72 (2.09)*  —  
After LD   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00*  —  
Corrected CMV copies per microliter          
Before LD   88.4   631   824   1960   57.9   598   2.58 (0.59)†   380  
After LD   0.44   2.06   2.19   77.9   4.26   17.9   0.679 (0.79)†   4.77  
Log10 CMV reduction
 
2.30
 
2.49
 
2.57
 
1.40
 
1.13
 
1.52
 
1.90 (0.64)‡
 

 



A

B

C

D

E

F

Mean (SD)

Mean copy no.
Whole blood         
Fibroblasts per microliter          
Before LD   2.60   1.30   4.37   2.63   9.47   2.83   3.87 (2.91)*  —  
After LD   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.15   0.00   0.00   0.03*  —  
Corrected CMV copies per microliter          
Before LD   4060   188   420   2880   1760   103   2.87 (0.66)†   742  
After LD   3.96   0.51   1.07   3.77   0.85   0.30   0.053 (0.45)†   1.13  
Log10 CMV reduction   3.00   2.56   2.59   2.88   3.31   2.53   2.81 (0.31)‡   —  
Platelets         
Fibroblasts per microliter          
Before LD   8.2   4.4   3.3   4.2   8.1   6.1   5.72 (2.09)*  —  
After LD   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00*  —  
Corrected CMV copies per microliter          
Before LD   88.4   631   824   1960   57.9   598   2.58 (0.59)†   380  
After LD   0.44   2.06   2.19   77.9   4.26   17.9   0.679 (0.79)†   4.77  
Log10 CMV reduction
 
2.30
 
2.49
 
2.57
 
1.40
 
1.13
 
1.52
 
1.90 (0.64)‡
 

 

The number of CMV copies is corrected for fibroblast contamination at 3 CMV copies per fibroblast.—indicates not applicable.

* Mean cell number (SD); †mean log copy number (SD); ‡mean log reduction (SD).

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