Risk of Seroconversion for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in San Francisco Health Workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental MedicinePublished 1 September 1986

Andrew R. Moss, Dennis Osmond, Peter Bacchetti, Julie L. Gerberding, Jay Levy, James R. Carlson

DOI10.1097/00043764-198609000-00013

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Abstract

The occupational risk of acquiring acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus infection in health workers exposed to AIDS patients and specimens was assessed by a serologic study at San Francisco General Hospital and collaborating research laboratories. A total of 101 medical workers without risk factors for AIDS were examined for antibodies to two isolates of the AIDS retrovirus (AIDS-associated retrovirus 2[ARV-2] and human T cell lymphotropic virus III). Most had heavy, long-term exposure to AIDS patients and 29 had been exposed by needlestick or mucocutaneous accident. None of the 101 had antibodies to ARV-2 by immunofluorescence or to HTLV-III by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western Blot.

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Immunology and MicrobiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences

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