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TABLE 6.
Published HIV seroprevalence in selected HCWs
|
|
| Occupation and authors (reference) |
No. of HCWs tested |
No. of
HCWs HIV positive |
% Prevalence |
|
| Surgeon |
| Panlilio et al.
(209) |
770 |
1 |
0.13 |
| Tokars et al.
(258) |
3,420 |
2 |
0 |
| HCW blood donor
|
| Chamberland et al.
(66) |
9,449 |
3 |
 a
|
| U.S. Army Reserve physician, dentist
|
| Cowan et al.
(82) |
3,347 |
3 |
Not known
|
| Dentist |
| Flynn et al. (107) |
89 |
0 |
0
|
| Klein et al.
(163) |
1,132b |
1 |
0.09
|
| Siew et al.c |
1,195 |
0 |
0
|
| Gruninger et al. (123) |
1,165 |
1 |
0.09
|
| Gruninger et al.
(123) |
1,433b |
0 |
0
|
| Gruninger et al.
(123) |
1,429b |
0 |
0
|
| Ebbesen et al.d |
961 |
0 |
0
|
| Hemodialysis staff |
| Assogba et al.
(20) |
40 |
0 |
0 |
| Chirgwin et al.
(71) |
25 |
0 |
0 |
| Comodo et al.
(80) |
84 |
0 |
0 |
| Goldman et al.
(118) |
49 |
0 |
0 |
| Peterman et al.
(215) |
161 |
2 |
1.2 |
| Mortician, embalmer
|
| Gershon et al. (117) |
130 |
1 |
0.8 |
| Turner
et al.
(264) |
129b |
0 |
0 |
|
|
a
One HCW lost to follow-up.
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b
Persons with nonoccupational risk excluded.
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c
C. Siew, S. E. Gruninger, and S. A. Hojvat,
Letter, N. Engl. J. Med. 318:1400-1401, 1988.
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d
P. Ebbesen, M. Melbye, F. Scheutz, A. J. Bodner, and R. J. Bigger, Letter, JAMA 256:2199, 1986.
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