| lifestyle and antiviral antibody studies among homosexual men in denmark. | two-hundred and fifty-nine male homosexuals (hs) of a large and a small danish town were studied for antibodies to various virus and their statistical relationship to sex habits, drug use and other lifestyle factors. prevalence rates against cytomegalovirus (cmv) were 86.7% of hs men from copenhagen and 73.3% of hs men from the smaller community of aarhus, against 30% of a control group. antibody prevalence in homosexuals was significantly related to number of years of homosexual activity (p les ... | 1983 | 6318513 |
| cytomegalovirus infection rate among heart transplant patients in relation to anti-thymocyte immunoglobulin induction therapy. copenhagen heart transplant group. | during a 2-year period, 49 patients underwent heart transplantation at rigshospitalet, copenhagen. nine (18%) were females and the mean age for all patients was 44 years (range 14-56 years). immunosuppressive therapy included cyclosporin, azathioprine and steroids in all patients. 43 patients received in addition short-term (approx. 4 days) induction treatment with antithymocyte immunoglobulin (atg). 17 patients received atg fresenius, 2.5 mg/kg/day or atgam, 12.5 mg/kg/day, whereas the remainin ... | 1994 | 7939422 |
| t lymphocyte subsets in homosexual men from copenhagen. | screening of sixty-six asymptomatic homosexual men from copenhagen revealed significantly lower leu-3a/leu-2a ratios as compared to controls. ten (15%) of the homosexuals had a ratio less than or equal to 1.0. the low leu-3a/leu-2a ratios were the result of an increase in the absolute number of leu-2a cells. homosexuals with many partners and those who had been sexual partners of patients with the acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome (aids) had significantly lower ratios than those without these ... | 1984 | 6090151 |