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International Journal of STD & AIDS, 2002
The mean risk of acquiring HIV after an occupational exposure, injecting drug use or sexual exposure varies from <0.1 to 3%. A high plasma HIV-RNA of the source increases the risk of each of the exposures. Other factors, such as the volume of the inoculum involved to which the individual was exposed, other sexually transmitted diseases and ruptures
van der Ende, Marchina E. +4 more
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The mean risk of acquiring HIV after an occupational exposure, injecting drug use or sexual exposure varies from <0.1 to 3%. A high plasma HIV-RNA of the source increases the risk of each of the exposures. Other factors, such as the volume of the inoculum involved to which the individual was exposed, other sexually transmitted diseases and ruptures
van der Ende, Marchina E. +4 more
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Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
New England Journal of Medicine, 1987Until 1953, rabies post-exposure prophylaxis followed the formula of daily injections with nervoustissue vaccine developed by Pasteur in 1885.
G M, Baer, D B, Fishbein
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Medicine, 2009
Abstract UK national guidelines have been issued for the use of antiretroviral drugs as HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) following occupational exposure in healthcare workers and, in certain circumstances, after sexual exposure. The evidence that PEP is effective is scanty, but prompt antiviral therapy may reduce the risk of HIV transmission by as ...
Carys Knapper, Andrew Freedman
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Abstract UK national guidelines have been issued for the use of antiretroviral drugs as HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) following occupational exposure in healthcare workers and, in certain circumstances, after sexual exposure. The evidence that PEP is effective is scanty, but prompt antiviral therapy may reduce the risk of HIV transmission by as ...
Carys Knapper, Andrew Freedman
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International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management, 2021
Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) also known as post exposure prevention is any preventive medical treatment started after exposure to a pathogen in order to prevent the infection from occurring. Exposure to blood or body fluid prompts most people to seek immediate medical attention in an emergency department.
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Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) also known as post exposure prevention is any preventive medical treatment started after exposure to a pathogen in order to prevent the infection from occurring. Exposure to blood or body fluid prompts most people to seek immediate medical attention in an emergency department.
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HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)
BMJ, 2018### What you need to know A 22 year old man presented to the emergency department for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). Twenty six hours previously, he had anal receptive intercourse without a condom with a man of unknown HIV serostatus. He had immediate testing for HIV (using a fourth generation antibody/antigen assay as recommended 12 ...
Mark J, Siedner +2 more
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Hepatitis A: post-exposure prophylaxis
Vaccine, 2003We report on the findings of an exploratory review of evidence published in English from 1945 to identify the best post-exposure prophylaxis treatment and the longest acceptable interval after exposure for prophylaxis to be effective. We found no evidence that post-exposure administration of currently available immunoglobulins is effective in ...
TALIANI G, GAETA, Giovanni Battista
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Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV
1999The advent of preventive treatment for HIV highlights the urgent need for basic, clinical, and epidemiologic research targeting the pathogenesis and prevention of cutaneous and mucosal infection. In addition, the impact of HIV prophylaxis on the frequency of risk behaviors and antiretroviral drug resistance, especially in cities with high HIV ...
J L, Gerberding, M H, Katz
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Human immunodeficiency virus: post-exposure prophylaxis
Current Opinion in Urology, 1999Post-exposure prevention is a combined modality approach to reducing HIV transmission. The recommendations are based on the risk of local prevalence and on the likelihood of transmission. In the light of the severe consequences of HIV infection, post-exposure prophylaxis after occupational exposure should be recommended. The medication, consisting of a
B, Parschalk, H, Pernerstorfer-Schön
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Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in Kuwait
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1985La rage au Koweit est endemique mais les cas ne sont ni reconnus ni rapportes provoquant aussi une mauvaise estimation de la prevalence de la maladie. Seulement quelques cas sont confirmes au laboratoire.
P E, Rollin, P, Sureau, W N, Atack
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Post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, 2011Definite or suspected occupational exposure of healthcare workers to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a medical emergency.1 Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with antiretroviral drugs is widely available following such exposure, aiming to prevent HIV infection.1 PEP following non-occupational exposure (nPEP) is also increasingly being ...
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