title: Human infection with B virus following a needlestick injury.
abstract: A 26-year-old veterinary technician who became infected with B virus at the site of a needlestick injury is described. After the patient was treated with intravenous acyclovir, all cultures became negative for B virus and have remained so during treatment with oral acyclovir. The literature on infections due to B virus in humans is reviewed, and a detailed discussion of the various aspects of this simian herpesvirus is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20307-5001.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Artenstein
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hilliard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006568:Herpesvirus 1, Cercopithecine / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D009339:Needles; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D014730:Veterinary Medicine