https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/34052 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:47:58 GMT 2026-04-24T04:47:58Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/34189 Title: Epidemiology of blood transmissible disease in the Maltese islands Abstract: The Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is caused by a retrovirus known as the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Patients infected with HIV do not necessarily suffer from AIDS. The following data refers to maltese persons who have suffered from the clinical disease of AIDS. Further to these, it can be estimated that a further 50 to 100 Maltese residents carry the HIV virus but have not so far developed AIDS. Sat, 25 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/34189 1992-01-25T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/34150 Title: Questionnaire survey : attitudes towards routine screening of patients presenting for high risk management Abstract: The participants to the seminar were asked to answer an anonymous questionnaire aimed at identifying their attitudes towards the risk of inadvertent infection of health personnel in general and their attitudes towards the concept of routine screening. The questionnaire was divided into two sections: the first aiming to identify the status and seniority of the respondents besides their vaccination status, while the second posed direct questions to assess the participants attitudes towards routine patient screening. A total of 86 participants returned the questionnaire survey. Thirty one (36%) of these belonged to the medical profession, while 52 (61%) belonged to the nursing profession. Three were medical/dental students (Table 1). Sat, 25 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/34150 1992-01-25T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/34147 Title: The control of infectious disease in Malta : a brief historical survey Abstract: The earliest preventive measures enforced against the entry of infectious disease into the Maltese Islands were adopted at a time when medical men had not yet understood the natural history of various communicable illnesses and unravelled their aetiology and mode of transmission. It was only towards the end of the 19th century that this blind groping for the effective control of infectious diseases gave place to more enlightened and effective preventive actions. Since then Malta has been in the forefront of these advances and has evolved and maintained a very high standard of control against the occurrence of communicable illnesses to the extent that human brucellosis has been practically eliminated and that the most formidable of them - such as plague, smallpox, diphtheria and polio - have been completely eradicated. Sat, 25 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/34147 1992-01-25T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/34137 Title: Ethical issues in AIDS screening introduction : why screen? Abstract: AIDS poses a number of ethical problems. It is recognised that AIDS is a devastating disease and that to be tested and found positive for HIV infection can have serious consequences for an individual. By implication, therefore, it would seem that we are ethically and legally bound to seek consent before we take an HIV test from a patient. Ethical problems also exist however in relation to public health, clinical care and confidentiality (Watson, 1990). Sat, 25 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/34137 1992-01-25T00:00:00Z