| antiviral antibodies in the sera of homosexual men: correlation with their lifestyle and drug usage. | healthy homosexual men between the ages of 21 and 65 years, from the washington, dc (n = 162), and new york city (n = 89) areas, were studied for antibodies in the serum against cytomegalovirus (cmv), herpes simplex virus (hsv) types 1 and 2, and epstein barr virus (ebv) viral capsid antigen (vca). cmv-specific antibodies were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa), anti-hsv-1 and -2 antibodies were measured by indirect hemagglutination (iha), and antibodies to ebv vca were measure ... | 1987 | 3029318 |
| epstein-barr virus dna in the blood of infants, young children, and adults by age and hiv status. | polymerase chain reaction (pcr) methodology was used to detect epstein-barr virus (ebv) dna in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (pbmcs) from children and adults whose hiv status (i.e., infected or uninfected) is known. initial ebv infections especially occurred in children between the ages of 7 and 24 months. ebv-positive children with vertically acquired hiv infection tended to have a detectable blood level of ebv dna for a period of years, and their ebv dna blood levels often exceeded 10,000 ... | 1998 | 9436761 |
| association of epstein-barr virus with systemic lupus erythematosus: effect modification by race, age, and cytotoxic t lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 genotype. | epstein-barr virus (ebv) is hypothesized to play a role in the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (sle). cytotoxic t lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (ctla-4) is important in regulating t cell-mediated immunity, encompassing the first line of response to viral infections, and genetic variation in ctla-4 has been associated with sle. this study examined the seroprevalence of ebv in a population-based study of sle patients from the southeastern united states, and potential interactions wit ... | 2005 | 15818712 |