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rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
5
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1986-5-13
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pubmed:abstractText |
To assess the risk of nosocomial transmission of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (HTLV-III/LAV), we prospectively evaluated a cohort of 531 health care workers. One hundred fifty of these employees reported percutaneous or mucous membrane exposures to blood or body fluids from a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) during the treatment of 238 such patients since 1981. None of these 150 employees had serologic evidence of HTLV-III/LAV infection on follow-up from 6 to 46 months after exposure. Of the 150, 46 were studied immunologically and 29 had lymphocytes cultured for HTLV-III/LAV. Results of all studies were normal. Of the 531 employees, 3 (0.56%) had serologic evidence of HTLV-III/LAV infection. All were seropositive at the time of study entry; none reported adverse nosocomial exposures. All acknowledged membership in one or more established risk groups for AIDS. This study provides strong evidence that the risk of nosocomial transmission of HTLV-III/LAV is extremely low.
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pubmed:keyword |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Americas,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Delivery Of Health Care,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Developed Countries,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Developing Countries,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Diseases,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Health,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Health Personnel,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Hiv Infections,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Hospital Personnel,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/North America,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Northern America,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/United States,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Viral Diseases
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
May
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pubmed:issn |
0003-4819
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
104
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
N
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pubmed:pagination |
644-7
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:3963663-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
pubmed-meshheading:3963663-Cross Infection,
pubmed-meshheading:3963663-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay,
pubmed-meshheading:3963663-Epidemiologic Methods,
pubmed-meshheading:3963663-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:3963663-Laboratory Infection,
pubmed-meshheading:3963663-National Institutes of Health (U.S.),
pubmed-meshheading:3963663-Occupational Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:3963663-Personnel, Hospital,
pubmed-meshheading:3963663-Prospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:3963663-Questionnaires,
pubmed-meshheading:3963663-Risk,
pubmed-meshheading:3963663-United States
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pubmed:year |
1986
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Risk of nosocomial infection with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus in a large cohort of intensively exposed health care workers.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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