Sara van den Berg

183 7 Duration of CMV infection Figure 2. CMV-specific antibody levels followed over time. A. Antibody levels of all CMV+ individuals. The trend line shows local polynomial regression through the data of long-term (LT) CMV+ samples. B. Fold increase in CMV-specific antibody levels over 25 years for each individual. Dashed line shows no increase or decrease. C . Individual CMV-specific antibody levels during time of the CMV seroconverters (n=19) (blue lines) compared to the average trend line of the long-term CMV+ individuals. The first CMV+ time point of CMV seroconverters after CMV-seroconversion (<5.5 year after CMV conversion) is highlighted by a larger blue dot. D. Duration of CMV infection: CMV-specific antibody levels of recently seroconverted individuals (max <5.5 year after CMV