2020
An unrecognized key population? Traditional treatment practices associated with HIV risk among traditional healers in rural South Africa.
Audet CM, Ngobeni S, Mkansi M, Wafawanaka F, Aliyu MH, Vermund SH, Wagner RG. An unrecognized key population? Traditional treatment practices associated with HIV risk among traditional healers in rural South Africa. AIDS 2020, 34: 2313-2317. PMID: 33048882, PMCID: PMC7674239, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkin incisionPatient's bloodHIV testTraditional healersHIV prevalenceKey populationsRapid HIV testsRisk of acquisitionHigh HIV prevalenceBlood-borne pathogensTraditional treatment practicesSouth African traditional healersPositive test resultsCross-sectional surveyPersonal protective equipmentHIV acquisitionHIV infectionPosttest counselingPretest counselingHIV riskOccupational exposureMAIN OUTCOMERural South AfricaHIVAfrican traditional healers
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