Transmission of human and feline immunodeficiency viruses via reused suture material

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-18

  Druce, J D ^a   Robinson, W F ^b   Locarnini, S A ^a   Kyaw Tanner, M T ^b   Sommerlad, S F ^b   Birch, C J ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infection control; Patient to patient transmission; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROVIRUSES; SUTURES;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0030882531     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199709)53:1<13::AID-JMV3>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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