Travel Medicine Advisor Archives – March 1, 2004
March 1, 2004
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Be Alert for Ricin Poison Cases After Deadly Toxin Used in Threat
Clinicians should be alert for possible cases of ricin poisoning because the easily available toxin was used recently to make a terrorist threat at mail processing center in Greenville, SC, public health investigators warn. -
Antiviral Drug Resistance: Implications for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in Health Care Workers with Occupational HIV Exposure
In a multicenter study of occupational HIV exposures, 38% of source patients had genotype mutations associated with resistance to antiretroviral drugs. Recent antiretroviral treatment history was highly associated with resistance.