EBV Infection as a Risk Factor for SLE Development in Adult Sudanese Patients study questionnaire dataset

Background: To evaluate EBV (Epstein Barr VirusEpstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection as a risk factor for the development of SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosussystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in Sudanese patients. This iswas a case controlcase‒control study. Forty-two SLE patients and forty-one age- and sex -matched controls were included. Demographic, clinical and laboratory data were collected. Venous blood samples were drawn, and EBV- viral capsid antigen (EBV-VCA) IgGsIgG titreer levels were quantitively measured. quantified. Demographic, clinical and laboratory data were compared between the two groups by either Student’s t- test or Man- Whitneythe Mann‒Whitney U test for continuous data, or by χ² analysis for categorical data. P values