Unsuspected Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Critically III Emergency Patients

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 257, Issue 19, 1987, Pages 2609-2611

  Baker, James L ^a   Kelen, Gabor D ^a   Sivertson, Keith T ^a   Quinn, Thomas C ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0023240865     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1987.03390190087025     Document Type: Article

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