HIV-1 ANTIBODY-POSITIVE HEPATITIS-B SURFACE-ANTIGEN SERUM IN A DENTALSCHOOL PATIENT POPULATION

Authors
CADE JE BOOZER CH LANCASTER DM LUNDGREN G
Citation
Je. Cade et al., HIV-1 ANTIBODY-POSITIVE HEPATITIS-B SURFACE-ANTIGEN SERUM IN A DENTALSCHOOL PATIENT POPULATION, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, 78(5), 1994, pp. 670-672
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Surgery,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304220
Volume
78
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
670 - 672
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4220(1994)78:5<670:HAHSSI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Testing for human immunodeficiency virus antibody (anti-HIV-1) in pati ents positive for hepatitis B surface antigen has never been performed in a dental school patient population. In this population there was a 2.8% positive reactivity for HIV-1 antibodies in subjects who were al so positive for hepatitis B surface antigen. An enzyme-linked immunoas say with a repeat test and confirmation with a Western blot technique were used.