title: [Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and generalized lymphadenopathy in persons seropositive for the HIV virus].
abstract: Of 20 examined Africans who were seropositive to HIV in the Western Blot technique, the syndrome of acquired immunodeficiency was found in 2, generalized lymphoadenopathy in 17; in one patient infection was asymptomatic. A decrease in the T-helper/T-suppressor ratio was noted in all the examinees, in 88% of the patients the Ig level was elevated. Each case was described.
mesh_terms: D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000350:Africa, Central / Q000208:ethnology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV / Q000276:immunology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014586:USSR
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007136:Immunoglobulins
vernacular_title: Sindrom priobretennogo immunodefitsita i generalizovannaia limfoadenopatiia u lits, seropozitivnykh k virusu HIV.