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To the Editor: Reports in the February 11 issue of the Journal review the epidemiology of "AIDS" without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, or idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}. Two of these studies report that AIDS is absent and persistent idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia is rare in large, prospective studies of seronegative transfusion recipients⁵ and homosexual men⁶. Similarly, we have not found persistent idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia or AIDS-defining conditions in a seven-year prospective study of 732 men seronegative for HIV type 1. Our study subjects are part of the San Francisco Men's Health Study and San Francisco General Hospital Cohort, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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