Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol 123, Issue 3, 57-64
Copyright © 1992 by American Dental Association
Human immunodeficiency virus type I. Infection among dentists
SE Gruninger,
C Siew,
SB Chang,
R Clayton,
JK Leete,
SA Hojvat,
AC Verrusio,
and
EA Neidle
Division of Toxicology, ADA Research Institute, Chicago.
The largest collection yet assembled of year-to-year data on the seroprevalence of antibody to HIV in practicing dentists confirms that dentists--along with other health care workers--remain at low risk for occupationally acquired HIV infection.