Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1984
Publication Title
Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume
100
Issue
2
First page number:
213
Last page number:
218
Abstract
Homosexual and heterosexual patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome were compared by risk group. Race; diagnoses; history of sexually transmitted diseases, sexual behavior, and drug use; and socioeconomic indicators differed considerably among the risk groups, suggesting different risk factors for acquisition of the syndrome. Patients in the homosexual, intravenous drug user, and Haitian risk groups differed in their serologic response to cytomegalovirus and syphilis testing, presumably due to lifestyle-related exposures. Differences in the rate of recovery of cytomegalovirus, serum levels of IgA and IgG, and antibody titers to Epstein-Barr virus were noted among patients with different diagnoses. We conclude that in studies of risk factors for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, patients should be analyzed by risk group and diagnoses.
Keywords
AIDS (Disease) – Patients; AIDS (Disease) – Risk factors
Disciplines
Epidemiology | Immune System Diseases | Public Health | Virus Diseases
Language
English
Permissions
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Repository Citation
Guinan, M.,
Thomas, P. A.,
Pinksy, P. F.,
Goodrich, J. T.,
Selik, R. M.,
Jaffe, H. W.,
Haverkos, H. W.,
Noble, G.,
Curran, J. W.
(1984).
Heterosexual and Homosexual Patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: A Comparison of Surveillance, Interview, and Laboratory Data.
Annals of Internal Medicine, 100(2),
213-218.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/community_health_sciences_fac_articles/21
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