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- Title
Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Exposures Following Blood-borne Virus Incidents in Central Australia, 2002–2012.
- Authors
Hewagama, S.; Krishnaswamy, S.; King, L.; Davis, J.; Baird, R.
- Abstract
We retrospectively audited hospital occupational exposure events over a 10-year period, in a human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)–endemic area of Central Australia, and report on 53 individuals exposed to HTLV-1 with no transmissions documented (95% confidence interval, 0%–1.5%). This has important implications for the management of exposures including the role of postexposure prophylaxis.
- Subjects
CENTRAL Australia; HTLV-I infections; THRESHOLD limit values (Industrial toxicology); BLOODBORNE infections; SEROLOGY; MEDICAL statistics; INFECTIOUS disease transmission
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2014, Vol 59, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciu227