Occupational human immunodeficiency virus infection in health care workers: Worldwide cases through September 1997

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 365-383

  Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a,b,c   Puro, Vincenzo ^a,b,c   Heptonstall, Julia ^a,b,c   Jagger, Janine ^a,b,c   De Carli, Gabriella ^a,b,c   Petrosillo, Nicola ^a,b,c  

^a Ctro di Rif AIDS Serv di E   (Italy)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033006076     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515101     Document Type: Review

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