Article
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 wh...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Viral
- Dentistry
- Female
- Florida
- Genetic Variation
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Monocytes
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
- Patients
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid