title: [The study on cytomegalovirus infection associated with vascular complications in patients with essential hypertension].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper studied HCMV infection inpatients with essential hypertension and the relationship of HCMV infection with vascular complications.
  
  
  METHODS
  Indirect ELISA method was used to detect human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) specific antibodies in sera of 105 patients with essential hypertension.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that the positive rates of active HCMV-IgM and IgA antibodies were 26.67% and 20.95%, respectively, higher than that of the control group (6.67%). The positive rate of HCMV active IgM antibody in III stage group was significantly higher than that of I + II stage groups (P < 0.01). Active HCMV infective rate was higher in patients with vascular complication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggested that HCMV active infection may be associated with vascular complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Jining Medical College, Jining 272113.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral