| 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 |
| delayed hypersensitivity skin testing and anergy in a population of gay men. | anergy is almost universal among patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). to determine the prevalence and correlates of anergy in a population at risk for aids, we performed skin tests in 1120 gay men who were enrolled in a prospective study of the natural history of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. anergy, defined as no induration to any of four intradermal antigens, was present in 12%. individually, no induration was detected in response to tetanus toxoid (41%) ... | 1987 | 2822314 |
| opportunistic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract in the age of highly active antiretroviral therapy. | since the 1996 advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) for the treatment of hiv/aids, the incidence of most opportunistic disorders in the developed world has dramatically declined but definitely has not disappeared. the number of new yearly hiv infections (about 55,000) and the total number of us infections (more than 1.1 million) remain very significant. post-haart gastrointestinal (gi) symptoms and biopsy results are still common, especially in large inner-city hospitals. the s ... | 2010 | 21078437 |