Publications

human immunodeficiency virus and the surgeon.	to assess the exposure risks for surgeons and nurses treating hiv infected patients at the medical university hospital and the charleston memorial hospital, a retrospective review of hiv positive patients who underwent surgical procedures from 1985-1988 was undertaken. during that period, 150 patients tested positive for hiv of which 30 (20%) underwent 19 surgical procedures. the prevalence of hiv infected patients at our institution has been increasing over the last two years. 5.3% of the patie ...	1990	2214685
geographic variation in human immunodeficiency virus seroconversion rates in the u.s. navy.	the navy population is centered around 19 u.s. home ports and several inland duty stations. this is a study of variation in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) seroconversions in navy enlisted men by location in the united states, based on 949,570 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and 812 seroconversions during 1987-90. seroconversion rates were higher in personnel in san francisco (p = 0.0004), washington, d.c. (p = 0.001), and orlando, fl (p = 0.04) than in other areas. they were lower in char ...	1993	8229658