Article
Virologic characterization of primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in a health care worker following needlestick injury.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Sept 1995
Pratt R D, Shapiro J F, McKinney N, Kwok S, Spector S A
Abstract excerpt
A health care worker (HCW) was infected via needlestick with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 from a subject with AIDS who harbored a zidovudine-resistant, syncytium-inducing (SI) HIV strain. The phenotypic characteristics of the HIV-1 isolates obtained from the HCW and markers of virus...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Catheterization, Central Venous
- Follow-Up Studies
- HIV Antibodies
- HIV Core Protein p24
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Health Personnel
- Humans
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
- Needlestick Injuries
