HTLV-II transmission to a health care worker.
Am J Infect Control
; 34(3): 158-60, 2006 Apr.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16630982
Health care workers, mainly in emergency and forensic services, are at risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I and type II (HTLV-I and HTLV-II) are cosmopolitan human delta retroviruses causing endemic infection in Japan, the Caribbean basin, South America, and sub-Saharan Africa, and in clusters among intravenous drug users in Europe and the United States. The seroprevalence of HTLV-I and HTLV-II among Brazilian blood donors ranges from 0.08% to 1.35%. HTLV-I transmission to a Japanese researcher has already been reported. We describe the transmission of HTLV-II infection to a Brazilian laboratory worker caused by a needlestick injury when she was recapping a syringe after collecting material for arterial blood gas analysis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an occupational transmission of HTLV-II to a health care worker.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções por HTLV-II
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Ferimentos Penetrantes Produzidos por Agulha
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Pessoal de Laboratório Médico
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Transmissão de Doença Infecciosa do Paciente para o Profissional
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Infect Control
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos