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Case Reports
. 2000 Dec;31(6):1494-5.
doi: 10.1086/317476.

Occupational transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus after a punch

S Abel  1 , R Césaire, D Cales-Quist, O Béra, G Sobesky, A Cabié
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Occupational transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus after a punch

S Abel et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Dec.

Abstract

Although the simultaneous transmission of either human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus or HIV and hepatitis B virus from a single source has already been described, this is the first case of transmission to occur after a blow with the fist.

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