Risk of Seroconversion for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in San Francisco Health Workers
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Vol. 28 (9), 821-824
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00043764-198609000-00013
Abstract
The occupational risk of acquiring acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus infection in health workers exposed to AIDS patients and specimens was assessed by a serologic study at San Francisco General Hospital and collaborating research laboratories. A total of 101 medical workers without risk factors for AIDS were examined for antibodies to two isolates of the AIDS retrovirus (AIDS-associated retrovirus 2 [ARV-2] and human T cell lymphotropic virus III). Most had heavy, long-term exposure to AIDS patients and 29 had been exposed by needlestick or mucocutaneous accident. None of the 101 had antibodies to ARV-2 by immunofluorescence or to HTLV-III by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western Blot.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Flow cytometric analysis of lymphocyte phenotypes in AIDS using monoclonal antibodies and simultaneous dual immunofluorescenceClinical Immunology and Immunopathology, 1986
- HTLV-III infection among health care workers. Association with needle-stick injuriesPublished by American Medical Association (AMA) ,1985
- The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in a Cohort of Homosexual MenAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1985
- Incidence of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in San Francisco, 1980-1983The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1985
- AIDS serology testing in low- and high-risk groupsPublished by American Medical Association (AMA) ,1985
- Risk of Nosocomial Infection with Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus III (HTLV-III)New England Journal of Medicine, 1985
- HTLV-III in Saliva of People with AIDS-Related Complex and Healthy Homosexual Men at Risk for AIDSScience, 1984
- Frequent Detection and Isolation of Cytopathic Retroviruses (HTLV-III) from Patients with AIDS and at Risk for AIDSScience, 1984
- Accidental Hepatitis-B-Surface-Antigen-Positive InoculationsAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1982