Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to R Metler.
With about a million people in the United States infected with HIV, health care providers increasingly will encounter infected patients. To minimize transmission in the workplace, recommended infection control measures, including universal precautions, should be followed strictly.
To assess the human immunodeficiency virus epidemic among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN), we examined acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) case and seroprevalence data through December 1990. While AI/AN had a low 1990 reported AIDS case rate (4.0/100,000), the increase in diagnosed cases adjusted for reporting delays from 1989 to 1990 was higher (23.1%) among AI/AN than any other racial/ethnic group. Seroprevalence data for military applicants have documented higher rates for AI/AN than for either Whites or Asian/Pacific Islanders.