A Case–Control Study of HIV Seroconversion in Health Care Workers after Percutaneous Exposure
- 20 November 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 337 (21) , 1485-1490
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199711203372101
Abstract
The average risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection after percutaneous exposure to HIV-infected blood is 0.3 percent, but the factors that influence this risk are not well understood.Keywords
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