Occupational Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus after a Punch
Open Access
- 1 December 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (6) , 1494-1495
- https://doi.org/10.1086/317476
Abstract
Although the simultaneous transmission of either human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus or HIV and hepatitis B virus from a single source has already been described, this is the first case of transmission to occur after a blow with the fist.Keywords
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