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B Winkelspecht1, F Grässer, H W Pees, N Mueller-Lantzsch.
Abstract
Reactivation of EBV infection is common in immunocompromised individuals. We determined specific antibodies to EBV-encoded nuclear antigens (EBNA)1 and 2 in 102 sera of HIV-infected individuals. Anti-EBNA1/anti-EBNA2 ratio (E1/E2) is less than 1 in chronic infection and exceeds 1 in healthy EBV-positive carriers. 52% of cases had E1/E2 < 1. E1/E2 decreased remarkably during the progression of HIV infection. Detectable HIV-Antigen, decline of CD4+ cell count and CD4+/CD8+ ratio were correlated with an increasing prevalence of E1/E2 below 1. We conclude that determination of E1/E2 is useful in immunocompromised patients.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8678831 DOI: 10.1007/bf01718160
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Virol ISSN: 0304-8608 Impact factor: 2.574