| bloodborne viral infections in patients attending an emergency room in mexico city: estimate of seroconversion probability in healthcare workers after an occupational exposure. | the frequency of hepatitis c (hcv), hepatitis b (hbv), human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), and human t-cell lymphotropic virus (htlv) i/ii was determined in the emergency room of a teaching hospital. of 909 patients, 19% had at least one infection; 7.8% had hcv, 6.9% hbv, 3.3% hiv, and 2.8% htlv i/ii. the probability that a healthcare worker would have an accident with an infected patient and seroconvert was 4.99 to 24.9 per 100,000 venipunctures for hbv, 5.6 to 8.4 for hcv, and 0.12-0.16 for hi ... | 2000 | 11001265 |