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H Ginzburg

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PubMed1991

Cytomegalovirus IgG and IgA serum antibodies in a study of HIV infection and HIV related diseases in homosexual men.

The significance of serum IgG and IgA antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) at various stages of human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection was studied in 175 homosexual men. Sera were obtained from 123 HIV seropositives [41 asymptomatic, 29 with lymphadenopathy associated syndrome (LAS), 22 with AIDS related complex (ARC), and 31 AIDS patients], 17 HIV seroconverters, and 35 HIV asymptomatic seronegatives. The sera were tested blindly for CMV IgA and IgG antibodies using the immunoperoxidase assay (IPA) and CMV infected human embryo cells. Cross-sectional analysis of CMV IgG antibodies at a titer of greater than or equal to 20 showed 87% and 100% prevalence in the HIV seronegative groups and in the HIV seropositive groups, respectively (P less than 0.05). CMV IgG antibodies at a titer of greater than or equal to 80 were present in significantly higher proportions among the HIV seropositive subjects of the various groups as compared with the HIV seronegative homosexual men. However, in the HIV seronegatives who later seroconverted to HIV, a significantly higher prevalence of CMV antibodies (35%) was detected before HIV seroconversion, as compared with the persistently HIV seronegative subjects (14.3%) (P less than 0.05). The HIV seronegatives pre-HIV seroconversion also exhibited a significantly higher geometric mean titer (GMT) of CMV IgG antibodies (62.17 +/- 0.64) as compared with the persistently HIV seronegatives (34.0 +/- 0.6) (P = 0.03). Significantly higher GMTs of CMV IgG antibodies were detected in all the HIV seropositive groups as compared with the persistently HIV seronegative group. CMV IgG antibodies were not detected in the HIV seronegative subjects.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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PubMed1990

Exposure factors for HIV-1 infection among heterosexual drug abusers in New Jersey treatment programs.

In a cross-sectional study of 926 subjects from 10 drug treatment programs conducted in 1984 in New Jersey, the seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was 35% overall; 30% in whites, 33% in hispanics, and 46% in blacks (p = 0.01 for comparison of blacks to non-blacks). Univariate analysis showed the seroprevalence of HIV was not associated with age or gender, but did correlate with frequency of cocaine or heroin injection (p trend less than 0.001); frequency of needle sharing (p trend = 0.007); and inversely with levels of education (p = 0.05). The prevalence of HIV was also inversely related to the distance of the treatment center from lower Manhattan; being highest for distances of less than 5 miles from lower Manhattan and lowest for distances of 80 miles, with intermediate rates for the intervening distances (p trend less than 0.001). In multivariate analyses, HIV seropositivity was consistently associated with the frequency of needle sharing (p = 0.02) and less than 12 years (high school level) of education (p = 0.02), but not with black race. However, blacks who shared needles less than once a month had a relative risk of 3.2 (95% CI 1.2, 7.7) while non-blacks who shared less than once a month had a relative risk of only 0.9 (95% CI 0.3, 2.4). The risk in non-blacks increased to more than twofold with more frequent needle sharing. When the analysis was stratified by gender and adjusted for needle sharing and geography, a significant twofold increased risk was observed for female (but not male) subjects who had two or more heterosexual partners compared with those who had one partner.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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