HIV Infection with Seroconversion after a Superficial Needlestick Injury to the Finger

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 315, Issue 9, 1986, Pages 582-

  Oksenhendler, Eric ^a   Harzic, Martine ^a   le Roux, Jeanne Marie ^a   Rabian, Claire ^a   Clauvel, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS PROTEIN;

CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; FINGER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INJURY; LIVER; NEEDLE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SEROCONVERSION; THORACOCENTESIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DELTARETROVIRUS; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; NEEDLES; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PUNCTURES;

EID: 0022493112     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198608283150912     Document Type: Letter

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