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CMV viral load was not related to clinical symptoms. The frequency of infection with common respiratory viruses in infants was independent of CMV excretion. The course of infection was not more complicated in infants excreting CMV; however, a higher frequency of rhonchi was demonstrated in patients with CMV.

Antibodies against herpes simplex virus (HSV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) were examined in Sera from 132 patients with essential hypertension and 54 normotensive healthy subjects of the same age and sex. Prevalences of HSV and CMV antibodies (titre 3 4 ) were equal in patients and controls. A HSV antibody tire 264 was found in 39.5% (17/53) of patients with WHO stage II1 hypertension, in 26.2 % (22/85) of patients with stage 1-11 hypertension, and in only 9.4% (5/54) of normotensive subjects @<0.0005). The HSV antibodies were mainly of type 1. No association between CMV antibodies and vascular complications could be demonstrated.