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8340039

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
To determine the time from death when an autopsy could be carried out without any risk of contamination by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), we cultured HIV from serial samples of blood and liquid effusion, collected as long as possible alter death from refrigerated dead bodies of HIV-infected patients. Samples were cocultivated with stimulated normal human lymphocytes and viral replication was assessed by p24 HIV1 antigen ELISA determination and by reverse transcriptase HIV1 and HIV2 activity microassay. Viable HIV was isolated from blood obtained 16.5 days postmortem, from pleural liquid effusion obtained 13.8 days postmortem, and from pericardial liquid effusion obtained 15.5 days postmortem. Viral replication was in evidence in at least one sample from all nine patients of the study. The present study did not allow us to determine a time from death when an autopsy could be carried out without any risk of contamination by HIV. We conclude that postponement of autopsies does not eliminate occupational risk of contamination by HIV.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0379-0738
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
61-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-lasting postmortem viability of human immunodeficiency virus: a potential risk in forensic medicine practice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology (Neuropathology and Forensic Medicine), Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't