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Molecular epidemiology of HIV transmission in a dental practice.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 22 May 1992
Ou C Y, Ciesielski C A, Myers G, Bandea C I, Luo C C, Korber B T, Mullins J I, Schochetman G, Berkelman R L, Economou A N
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmission from infected patients to health-care workers has been well documented, but transmission from an infected health-care worker to a patient has not been reported. After identification of an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patient who had no known risk factors for HIV infection but who had undergone an invasive procedure performed by a dentist with...
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