TY - JOUR AU - Henderson, David T1 - HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis in the 21st Century T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 254 SN - 1080-6059 AB - The administration of postexposure prophylaxis has become the standard of care for occupational exposures to HIV. We have learned a great deal about the safety and potential efficacy of these agents, as well as the optimal management of health-care workers occupationally exposed to HIV. This article describes the current state of knowledge in this field, identifies substantive questions to be answered, and summarizes basic principles of postexposure management. KW - human immunodeficiency virus KW - HIV KW - occupational exposure KW - postexposure prophylaxis KW - health-care workers KW - antiretroviral agents KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0702.700254 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/2/70-0254_article ER - End of Reference