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Patients and members of staff from a haemodialysis unit were tested for markers of infection with human T cell lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III), the virus associated with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). An enzyme linked immunosorbent assay showed eight of 100 patients to have antibodies to HTLV-III. In five of these patients past or present infection with HTLV-III was confirmed by Western blot analysis or detection of HTLV-III antigens in lymphocyte cultures, or both. Investigation of other risk factors for AIDS showed that the putative source of HTLV-III was unrelated to dialysis in two patients whereas blood transfusion was the most likely cause of contamination in the others. No member of staff gave a positive result in the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Nosocomial transmission of HTLV-III seems unlikely if precautions similar to those recommended for the control of hepatitis B infection are applied.
M Goldman, and
C Liesnard, and
J L Vanherweghem, and
N Dolle, and
C Toussaint, and
S Sprecher, and
J Cogniaux, and
L Thiry
September 1986,
British medical journal (Clinical research ed.),
M Goldman, and
C Liesnard, and
J L Vanherweghem, and
N Dolle, and
C Toussaint, and
S Sprecher, and
J Cogniaux, and
L Thiry
August 1986,
British medical journal (Clinical research ed.),
M Goldman, and
C Liesnard, and
J L Vanherweghem, and
N Dolle, and
C Toussaint, and
S Sprecher, and
J Cogniaux, and
L Thiry
October 2020,
Journal of medical biochemistry,
M Goldman, and
C Liesnard, and
J L Vanherweghem, and
N Dolle, and
C Toussaint, and
S Sprecher, and
J Cogniaux, and
L Thiry
January 2000,
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association,
M Goldman, and
C Liesnard, and
J L Vanherweghem, and
N Dolle, and
C Toussaint, and
S Sprecher, and
J Cogniaux, and
L Thiry
January 1991,
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association,
M Goldman, and
C Liesnard, and
J L Vanherweghem, and
N Dolle, and
C Toussaint, and
S Sprecher, and
J Cogniaux, and
L Thiry
July 2018,
European heart journal,
M Goldman, and
C Liesnard, and
J L Vanherweghem, and
N Dolle, and
C Toussaint, and
S Sprecher, and
J Cogniaux, and
L Thiry
September 1975,
British medical journal,
M Goldman, and
C Liesnard, and
J L Vanherweghem, and
N Dolle, and
C Toussaint, and
S Sprecher, and
J Cogniaux, and
L Thiry
August 2002,
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association,
M Goldman, and
C Liesnard, and
J L Vanherweghem, and
N Dolle, and
C Toussaint, and
S Sprecher, and
J Cogniaux, and
L Thiry
December 1991,
Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica,
M Goldman, and
C Liesnard, and
J L Vanherweghem, and
N Dolle, and
C Toussaint, and
S Sprecher, and
J Cogniaux, and
L Thiry
July 1998,
AIDS (London, England),
