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Document ID (ISN)52214
CIS number 89-1376
ISSN - Serial title Mitteilungen der Berufsgenossenschaft für Gesundheitsdienst und Wohlfahrtspflege
Year 1988
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Mehrtens G.
Title AIDS, an occupational disease
Original title Berufskrankheit AIDS [in German]
Bibliographic information 1988, No.21, p.6-8. Illus.
Abstract A survey of the frequency of occupational infections with the AIDS virus among health care personnel shows that the number is low. The steps to provide evidence of occupational HIV-infection include examination for the presence of antibodies in serum samples immediately after an accident (contact with infected blood) and 4-6 weeks after possible infection. The various stages of the disease are described.
Descriptors (primary) safety and health personnel; contagion; hospitals; dental services; immunodeficiency syndrome
Descriptors (secondary) occupational diseases; evolution of disease; symptoms; late symptoms; infectious diseases; diagnosis; early symptoms
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) HIV/AIDS
Health care services
Bacterial and parasitic diseases