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Nosocomial HIV-transmission in an outpatient clinic detected by epidemiological and phylogenetic analyses.
AIDS (London, England) - 10 Sept 1999
Katzenstein T L, Jørgensen L B, Permin H, Hansen J, Nielsen C, Machuca R, Gerstoft J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine if a case of HIV-infection in a patient (GP) with common variable immunodeficiency, and with no known risk factors for HIV-infection, could be due to horizontal nosocomial transmission. METHODS: For determination of time of transmission stored serum-samples from GP were analysed for HIV RNA content. Patient records were used to identify patients, who had received intravenous therapy on the...
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