Occupationally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: national case surveillance data during 20 years of the HIV epidemic in the United States.

Objective: To characterize occupationally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection detected through case surveillance efforts in the United States.

Design: National surveillance systems, based on voluntary case reporting.

Setting: Healthcare or laboratory (clinical or research) settings.

AIDS among Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States.

Objective: To characterize Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States with reported acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Methods: AIDS surveillance data reported through June 1998 were analyzed. Characteristics of cumulative case patients, rates of AIDS incidence in 1996 through 1997, and trends from 1982 through 1996 were analyzed.

Identification and characterization of an HIV-2 antibody-positive blood donor in the United States.

Background: As of June 1, 1992, the Food and Drug Administration recommended that all donated blood be screened for antibodies specific to HIV-2. Despite broad serologic surveillance, only two cases of HIV-2 infection had been detected among potential blood and plasma donors since the implementation of the test.

Case Report: The identification of a third HIV-2 antibody-positive blood donor is reported.

Duration of time between exposure and seroconversion in healthcare workers with occupationally acquired infection with human immunodeficiency virus.

Through December 1994, 41 healthcare workers with a documented seroconversion to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in temporal association to an occupational exposure were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Each tested positive for HIV antibodies within 12 months of the occupational exposure. Two (5%) of the 41 tested negative for HIV antibodies >6 months following the occupational exposure but were seropositive within 12 months of the injury.

AIDS surveillance among American Indians and Alaska natives.

To assess the human immunodeficiency virus epidemic among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN), we examined acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) case and seroprevalence data through December 1990. While AI/AN had a low 1990 reported AIDS case rate (4.0/100,000), the increase in diagnosed cases adjusted for reporting delays from 1989 to 1990 was higher (23.

Dentists, allied professionals with AIDS.

With about a million people in the United States infected with HIV, health care providers increasingly will encounter infected patients. To minimize transmission in the workplace, recommended infection control measures, including universal precautions, should be followed strictly.