Postmortem viability of the human immunodeficiency virus

Autor: Susanne Polywka, Klaus Püschel, F. Mohsenian, R. Laufs, Ermer M
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: International Journal of Legal Medicine. 104:109-110
ISSN: 1437-1596
0937-9827
Popis: In 1989 blood samples from 2581 fatalities investigated at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Hamburg were screened for HIV-1-antibodies. Sera from 13 corpses were confirmed positive for HIV-1 (prevalence rate approx 0.5 %).-Viable HIV was found in blood cultures of 4 cadavers stored under non-refrigerated conditions up to 36 hours after death.
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