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Case Reports
. 1991 Mar-Apr;13(2):288-91.
doi: 10.1093/clinids/13.2.288.

Human infection with B virus following a needlestick injury

A W Artenstein  1 , C B Hicks, B S Goodwin Jr, J K Hilliard
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Case Reports

Human infection with B virus following a needlestick injury

A W Artenstein et al. Rev Infect Dis. 1991 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

A 26-year-old veterinary technician who became infected with B virus at the site of a needlestick injury is described. After the patient was treated with intravenous acyclovir, all cultures became negative for B virus and have remained so during treatment with oral acyclovir. The literature on infections due to B virus in humans is reviewed, and a detailed discussion of the various aspects of this simian herpesvirus is presented.

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