Possible occupationally acquired HIV infection in two Indian healthcare workers

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Wanchu, Ajay ^a   Singh, Surgit ^a   Bambgery, Pradeep ^a   Varma, Subash ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MORNING SICKNESS; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; INDIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 33744911147     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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