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HIV-1 antibody positive hepatitis B surface antigen serum in a dental school patient population
J E Cade1, C H Boozer, D M Lancaster
1Department of Oral Diagnosis/Medicine/Radiology, Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, New Orleans.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|November 1, 1994
Abstract:
Testing for human immunodeficiency virus antibody (anti-HIV-1) in patients positive for hepatitis B surface antigen has never been performed in a dental school patient population. In this population there was a 2.8% positive reactivity for HIV-1 antibodies in subjects who were also positive for hepatitis B surface antigen. An enzyme-linked immunoassay with a repeat test and confirmation with a Western blot technique were used.
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