Absence of human immunodeficiency virus infection after intentional injection of infected blood

Judith H Aberle; Brigitte Schmied; Norbert Vetter; Elisabeth Puchhammer-Stöckl

doi:10.1086/341307

Absence of human immunodeficiency virus infection after intentional injection of infected blood

Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jul 15;35(2):e26-8. doi: 10.1086/341307. Epub 2002 Jun 21.

Authors

Judith H Aberle¹, Brigitte Schmied, Norbert Vetter, Elisabeth Puchhammer-Stöckl

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Virology, University of Vienna, 1095 Vienna, Austria. [email protected]

PMID: 12087541
DOI: 10.1086/341307

Abstract

We report the case of a young man who injected himself intravenously with 2 mL of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected blood and failed to develop HIV infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
HIV Infections / immunology
HIV Infections / virology*
HIV Seronegativity* / immunology
HIV-1 / genetics
HIV-1 / immunology
Humans
Injections, Intravenous
Male