AEGiS-UPI: 4 Health Workers Get Cases of AIDS

Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1983. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

4 Health Workers Get Cases of AIDS

United Press Internatinal - July 15, 1983

Four cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome have turned up among health-care personnel, although there is no evidence that they contracted AIDS through casual contact with patients, Federal officials said today.

The Centers for Disease Control said the four cases provided "no new information regarding occupational risk related to health-care personnel" and that "transmission of AIDS within hospitals has not been reported."

In its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the C.D.C. said that the four, who showed onset of the illness between June 1981 and last April, had no documented contact with other AIDS patients and that the source of the disease was unknown.

There have been 1,831 AIDS cases reported in the United States and Puerto Rico, with those at high risk being men with frequent and varied homosexual contacts and intravenous drug users.

830715
UP830703

Copyright © 1983 - United Press International. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission. Reproduction of this article (other than one copy for personal reference) must be cleared through United Press International, Permissions Desk, 1510 H St. N.W. Washington DC 2005. Main Phone Switchboard: 202-898-8000 FAX: 202-898-8057 or 202-898-8147 Email: info@upi.com.

AEGiS is a 501(c)3, not-for-profit, tax-exempt, educational corporation. AEGiS is made possible through unrestricted funding from Boehringer Ingelheim, Bridgestone/Firestone Charitable Trust, Elton John AIDS Foundation UK, the National Library of Medicine, AIDS Walk of Orange County, and donations from users like you.

Always watch for outdated information. This article first appeared in 1983. This material is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between you and your doctor.

AEGiS presents published material, reprinted with permission and neither endorses nor opposes any material. All information contained on this website, including information relating to health conditions, products, and treatments, is for informational purposes only. It is often presented in summary or aggregate form. It is not meant to be a substitute for the advice provided by your own physician or other medical professionals. Always discuss treatment options with a doctor who specializes in treating HIV.

Copyright ©1980, 1983. AEGiS. All materials appearing on AEGiS are protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under U.S. copyright and other laws and are the property of AEGiS, or the party credited as the provider of the content. .