Quantification of HIV-1 viral RNA in the blood in needles used for venous puncture in HIV-infected individuals

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Iris Ricardo Rossin, Alcyone Artioli Machado, Érica Maria Junqueira, Roberto Martinez
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011
• Subjects: Exposição ocupacional; Trabalhadores da saúde; Acidentes perfurocortantes; Carga viral do HIV-1; Reação de polimerase em cadeia; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Needles The; The Needle; The Needles
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822011000600002; https://doaj.org/article/af357ec6c20047bf9cef8c3c8be237fc

INTRODUCTION: Occupational HIV infection among healthcare workers is an important issue in exposures involving blood and body fluids. There are few data in the literature regarding the potential and the duration of infectivity of HIV type 1 (HIV-1) in contaminated material under adverse conditions....