Hewagama S, Krishnaswamy S, King L, Davis J, Baird R
Infectious Diseases Unit.
Infection Control and Prevention Unit, Alice Springs Hospital.
Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 1;59(1):85-7. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu227. Epub 2014 Apr 11.
We retrospectively audited hospital occupational exposure events over a 10-year period, in a human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-endemic area of Central Australia, and report on 53 individuals exposed to HTLV-1 with no transmissions documented (95% confidence interval, 0%-1.5%). This has important implications for the management of exposures including the role of postexposure prophylaxis.