| herpes simplex virus type 2 infection, syphilis, and hepatitis b virus infection in haitian women with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and human t lymphotropic virus type i infections. the johns hopkins university (jhu)/centre pour le developpement et la santé (cds) hiv study group. | antibodies to herpes simplex virus type 2 (hsv-2), antibodies to hepatitis b virus (hbv) core antigen (anti-hbc), and vdrl antibodies (serologic evidence of syphilis) were evaluated in women known to be infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) (n = 95) or human t lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) (n = 45) and controls (n = 89). hiv-1-seropositive women were more likely than controls to have antibodies to hsv-2 (88% vs. 54%; p less than .001), anti-hbc (67% vs. 43%; p = .008), a ... | 1992 | 1321862 |
| opportunistic infections and kaposi's sarcoma among haitians: evidence of a new acquired immunodeficiency state. | twenty haitian patients, hospitalized from 1 april 1980 to 20 june 1982, had pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, central nervous system toxoplasmosis, esophageal candidiasis, cryptococcosis, disseminated cytomegalovirus, progressive herpes simplex virus, chronic enteric coccidiosis, or invasive kaposi's sarcoma. ten patients died. opportunistic infections were frequently multiple and were recurrent in three patients. in seven patients disseminated tuberculosis preceded the other infections by 2 to 1 ... | 1983 | 6299151 |