Year: 1985
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The haematological variables measured by automated full blood count in matched homosexual and heterosexual men attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) were compared with those of normal controls and patients infected with the human T lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III). Homosexual and heterosexual men were statistically identical for all variables, but both differed noticeably from patients with clinical diagnoses of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS related disease. A full blood count as a screening test for AIDS is only interpretable in the context of clinical assessment.
Source: Sexually Transmitted Infections
DOI: 10.1136/sti.61.5.325
Authors: J N Weber, D Walker, H Engelkins, B Bain, J R Harris
Institution: St Mary's Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1966684368