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Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical

Print version ISSN 0375-0760On-line version ISSN 1561-3054

Abstract

REGALADO ALFONSO, Lázaro; DIAZ TORRES, Héctor; LUBIAN CABALLERO, Ana Luisa  and  MARTIN GARCIA, Regina Zonia. Vigilancia del personal de laboratorio expuesto al VIH y otros virus de transmisión sanguínea. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2002, vol.54, n.2, pp.158-160. ISSN 0375-0760.

The results of 15 years of surveillance of the laboratory personnel with different levels of exposure to HIV and other bloodborne viruses like HCV, HBV and HTLV-1 were presented. Various biosafety measures were applied and ELISA was used as the main lab technique. 628 serum samples were analyzed for HIV whereas 354 for the rest of the viruses but no lab-acquired infection was detected. This indicates the low incidence of HIV infection in health care workers at risk and the great importance of biosafety measures in the prevention and early detection of these infections.

Keywords : ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYUNDROME; LABORATORY INFECTION; EPIDE-MIOLOGIC SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBERT ASSAY.

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