3.2 White blood cells related parameters characteristics after
HCMV infection in children of different age
To analyze the effect of HCMV infection on white blood cells, we
compared the changes of the WBC, L% and LYM in HCMV-infected children
and corresponding control group (Table 2). Compared with the
corresponding control group the L% and LYM of HCMV-infected children
increased significantly in 0d-21d, 22d-6m, 7m-11m, 12m-23m, and 2y-6y
groups (P <0.05) (Table 2). The change of WBC is
complicated, in the age groups of 22d-6m, 7m-11m and 2y-6y, the WBC of
children infected with HCMV is higher than that of their control groups
(Table 2). However, there was no significant increase in WBC in groups
0d-21d and 12m-23m compared with the control groups
(P <0.05) (Table 2). The results showed that HCMV
infection can cause increase lymphocytes in children’s peripheral blood,
but not all WBC of HCMV-infected children aged 0d-6y were elevated.