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Human infection with B virus following a needlestick injury
A W Artenstein1, C B Hicks, B S Goodwin
1Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20307-5001.
Reviews of Infectious Diseases
|March 11, 1991
Abstract:
A 26-year-old veterinary technician who became infected with B virus at the site of a needlestick injury is described. After the patient was treated with intravenous acyclovir, all cultures became negative for B virus and have remained so during treatment with oral acyclovir. The literature on infections due to B virus in humans is reviewed, and a detailed discussion of the various aspects of this simian herpesvirus is presented.