Human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis for medical trainees on international rotations

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 264-268

  Mohan, Shaulnie ^a   Sarfaty, Suzanne ^b   Hamer, Davidson H ^b,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; LAMIVUDINE PLUS NEVIRAPINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR;

HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954350123     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00421.x     Document Type: Review

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