ArticleEuropean journal of epidemiology1999
Seroprevalence of HIV, HCV and syphilis in Brazilian prisoners: preponderance of parenteral transmission.
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- The global and regional prevalence of hepatitis C and B co-infections among prisoners living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2021Pooled it
- Substance Use During Imprisonment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Epidemiologic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Prevalence of hepatitis C virus in Brazil's inmate population: a systematic review.Revista de saude publica · 2015Pooled it
- Molecular Epidemiology of HIV-1 among Prisoners in Central Brazil and Evidence of Transmission Clusters.Viruses · 2022Article
- The relevancy of massive health education in the Brazilian prison system: The course "health care for people deprived of freedom" and its impacts.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Among Prisoners in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.Jundishapur journal of microbiology · 2016Article
- Prevalence and correlates of HCV, HVB, and HIV infection among prison inmates and staff, Hungary.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2012Article
- Prevalence, genotypes and factors associated with HCV infection among prisoners in Northeastern Brazil.World journal of gastroenterology · 2011Article
- Correlates of HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis infections among prison inmates and officers in Ghana: A national multicenter study.BMC infectious diseases · 2008Article
- Hepatitis C virus genotypes distribution and transmission risk factors in Luxembourg from 1991 to 2006.World journal of gastroenterology · 2008Article
- Socio-demographic determinants of coinfections by HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses in central Italian prisoners.BMC infectious diseases · 2007Article
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Abstract
Between November 1993 and April 1994, our physicians' team interviewed and took blood samples of 631 prisoners randomly drawn from the largest prison of South America, which counted about 4700 inmates at that time. The interview consisted of questions related to risk behaviour for HIV infection, and the subjects were asked to provide blood for serological tests for HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis. Our main purpose was to investigate the relationship between HCV and injecting drug use as related to HIV seropositivity. Participation in the study was voluntary and confidentiality was guaranteed. Overall prevalences found were as follows: HIV: 16% (95% confidence interval (CI): 13-19%); HCV: 34% (95% CI: 30-38%), and syphilis: 18% (95% CI: 15-21%). Acknowledged use of ever injecting drug was 22% and no other parenteral risk was reported. Our results, as compared with other studies in the same prison, suggest that HIV prevalence has been stable in recent years, and that the major risk factor for HIV infection in this population is parenteral exposure by injecting drug use.
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