1999
HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh: An Assessment of Biomedical Risk Factors for Transmission
Gibney L, Choudhury P, Khawaja Z, Sarker M, Islam N, Vermund SH. HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh: An Assessment of Biomedical Risk Factors for Transmission. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 1999, 10: 338-346. PMID: 10361927, DOI: 10.1258/0956462991914087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiomedical risk factorsBehavioral risk factorsRisk factorsHIV/AIDSBlood supply systemHigh-risk groupFormal health care settingsCost-effective interventionHealth care settingsUnsterile injectionsHIV transmissionHIV epidemicHigh prevalenceProfessional donorsHIVPrevalenceAIDSLow levelsCertain socio-cultural factorsSocio-cultural factorsTransfusionFactorsDiseaseBlood
1992
Association of Mycoplasma and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: Detection of Amplified Mycoplasma fermentans DNA in Blood
Hawkins R, Rickman L, Vermund S, Carl M. Association of Mycoplasma and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: Detection of Amplified Mycoplasma fermentans DNA in Blood. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1992, 165: 581-585. PMID: 1538164, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/165.3.581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionM. fermentans infectionImmunodeficiency virus infectionVirus infectionHIV clinical stageMycoplasma fermentans infectionHIV-seronegative subjectsHIV-seropositive patientsCross-sectional studyHistory of syphilisAssociation of MycoplasmaHIV infectionOpportunistic infectionsClinical stageLower riskNonsignificant trendPolymerase chain reaction methodologyInfectionPatientsBloodM. fermentansAssociationCopathogensHIVSyphilis
1989
Needle injuries among pediatric housestaff physicians in New York City.
Melzer SM, Vermund SH, Shelov SP. Needle injuries among pediatric housestaff physicians in New York City. Pediatrics 1989, 84: 211-4. PMID: 2748246, DOI: 10.1542/peds.84.2.211.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric house officersNeedle injuryHIV infectionHouse officersHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmissionPediatric training programsNeedle puncture woundsOccupational HIV infectionPossible HIV exposureCumulative incidenceHIV exposureHIV testingHousestaff physiciansPatient's bloodInjuryPuncture woundsTraining programOccupational riskSignificant riskYears of trainingVirus transmissionBloodHIVInfectionRetrospective information