| thymus cancer epidemiology in england and wales. | thymus cancer epidemiology has been little investigated, but recent clinical studies have suggested an association with the epstein-barr virus. we studied thymus cancer incidence 1963-83 and mortality 1959-86 in england and wales, using data from the national cancer register and national mortality files. mean age-standardised incidence rates of the tumour were 0.72 per million per annum for males and 0.64 for females; mortality rates were about half of this: 0.43 for males and 0.29 for females. ... | 1990 | 2372494 |
| incidence, risk and prognosis of acute and chronic fatigue syndromes and psychiatric disorders after glandular fever. | the role of viruses in the aetiology of both chronic fatigue syndrome (cfs) and depressive illness is uncertain. | 1998 | 9926075 |
| sero-epidemiological patterns of epstein-barr and herpes simplex (hsv-1 and hsv-2) viruses in england and wales. | the aim was to carry out a population-based sero-prevalence survey of epstein-barr virus (ebv) across a wide age range in england and wales and to identify any associations between ebv and herpes simplex virus types one and two (hsv-1 and 2). sera from an age-stratified sample of 2,893 individuals, submitted for diagnostic purposes to 15 public health laboratories in england and wales in 1994, were tested for immunoglobulin g (igg) antibody to ebv. the samples had been tested previously for igg ... | 2002 | 12115998 |
| a novel method of oral fluid collection to monitor immunity to common viral infections. | serological surveys among representative population samples have proved rare given their reliance on invasive sample collection. we therefore completed the first population-based postal survey of immunity in england and wales using new oral fluid technology. this paper examines the feasibility of this new methodological approach. nearly 5500 oral fluid samples were collected, with individual demographic and social data via a questionnaire, from persons under 45 years of age recruited through gen ... | 2004 | 14979587 |