CRP and coinfection: Patients with EBV LMP1 variant co-infections had significantly higher levels of CRP on admission (medians 13.2 and 7.6 mg/L, p = 0.047) and significantly lower levels of maximal absolute neutrophil counts (ANC) (medians 2076 and 3001/μL, p = 0.014) and minimal platelet count (medians 172 and 202/μL, p = 0.042).