| Literature DB >> 1664345 |
S Essers1, A Schwinn, J ter Meulen, H von Lips, K Dietz, F S Mhalu, J Shao, V ter Meulen.
Abstract
A seroepidemiological evaluation of the humoral immune response against human herpes viruses was carried out in patients with and without HIV infection in Tanzania to study the role of these viruses as a cofactor in AIDS. Serum specimens were obtained from 321 outpatients and 100 healthy schoolchildren of a rural population in the Kagera Region, Tanzania, and from 149 inpatients of an urban population in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. The data were analysed by logistic models taking into account demographic variables. The data obtained revealed no differences in the prevalence of antibodies to human herpes viruses between the different groups. Therefore, our study under the present conditions and the observed stages of AIDS does not suggest an influence of HIV infection on human herpesvirus infection or serologic response.Entities:
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Factors; Antibodies; Biology; Case Control Studies; Correlation Studies; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Eastern Africa; English Speaking Africa; Examinations And Diagnoses; Hematologic Tests; Herpes Genitalis; Hiv Infections; Hiv Serodiagnosis; Immunity; Immunologic Factors; Infections; Laboratory Examinations And Diagnoses; Laboratory Procedures; Methodological Studies; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Reproductive Tract Infections; Research Methodology; Retrospective Studies; Rural Population; School Age Population; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Statistical Studies; Studies; Tanzania; Urban Population; Viral Diseases
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Year: 1991 PMID： 1664345 DOI： 10.1007/bf00218678
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Epidemiol ISSN： 0393-2990 Impact factor: 8.082