Postmortem viability of the human immunodeficiency virus

Püschel, Klaus; Mohsenian, F.; Laufs, Rainer; Polywka, Susanne; Ermer, M.

doi:10.1007/bf01626041

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“…Consistent tests may also be needed to reduce the occupational health hazards in the mortuary, because the HIV may survive for several days in post-mortem samples. 10 Medicolegal autopsies include fatal traffic accidents, sudden death, homosexuals and drug addicts with a high risk of HIV-infection. 11 Hence, HIV-testing in medicolegal autopsies would be an essential tool to find 'hidden' HIV carriers.…”

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Screening of Hiv Antibodies Before Medicolegal Autopsies

Ranganathan¹,

Ramanan²,

Ranganathan³

et al. 2016

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BACKGROUNDAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic, life-threatening condition caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The post-mortem examination room is the place where infection can spread to persons performing autopsy. The persons involved in autopsy are having a very high risk of various injuries and infections. Therefore, screening of HIV is necessary in routine medico-legal autopsies to prevent spread of infection to forensic personnel.

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“…In general, proteins such as the globulins that comprise antibodies may not be affected by postmortem decomposition, haemolysis or bacterial contamination. 6,10 In this study, it was estimated that the postmortem interval was ranging from 8 hours to 26 hours for detection of HIV antibodies.…”

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Screening of Hiv Antibodies Before Medicolegal Autopsies

Ranganathan¹,

Ramanan²,

Ranganathan³

et al. 2016

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“…Another factor of potential importance is that of temperature. HIV survival for several days has been reported within cadavers stored refrigerated or nonrefrigerated (2,3,14,23,26). Environmental survival of viruses is particularly affected by relative humidity (20,28), which can vary considerably.…”

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Survival of human immunodeficiency virus in suspension and dried onto surfaces

Bueren¹,

Simpson²,

Jacobs³

et al. 1994

J Clin Microbiol

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Cell-free and cell-associated human immunodeficiency virus cultures suspended in 10% serum remained infectious for several weeks at room temperature. The stability was further increased when cell-associated virus was suspended in neat serum. When dried onto a glass coverslip, virus remained infectious for several days, although cell-associated virus lost infectivity more rapidly than cell-free virus. Many parameters influence the capacity of a virus to survive in the environment, including the concentration of virus, the temperature, the humidity, and the nature of the surrounding medium. The rate at which infectivity is lost is an important determinant of the potential risk of transmission.

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HIV-1-prevalence in fatalities from Hamburg, Germany

Lockemann¹,

Schulz‐Schaeffer²,

Wischhusen³

et al. 1993

Int J Leg Med

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The HIV-status of 3999 fatalities (aged 1-60 years) examined at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Hamburg from 1989-1992 was tested. Former predictions of an enormous increase of HIV-infections, especially in the risk group of IVDA (intravenous drug addicts), did not come true. HIV-screening of fatalities is an instructive additional method of gaining information about the epidemiological development of HIV-infections.

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Postmortem viability of the human immunodeficiency virus

Cited by 10 publications

References 4 publications

Screening of Hiv Antibodies Before Medicolegal Autopsies

Screening of Hiv Antibodies Before Medicolegal Autopsies

Survival of human immunodeficiency virus in suspension and dried onto surfaces

HIV-1-prevalence in fatalities from Hamburg, Germany

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