ArticleAmerican journal of public health2014
Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in Pennsylvania state prisons, 2004-2012: limitations of 1945-1965 birth cohort screening in correctional settings.
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- Age-Specific Global Prevalence of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, and Tuberculosis Among Incarcerated People: A Systematic Review.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2018Pooled it
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- Epidemiology of Hepatitis C virus infection among incarcerated populations in North Dakota.PloS one · 2022Article
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- The hepatitis C virus care cascade in the New York City jail system during the direct acting antiviral treatment era, 2014-2017.EClinicalMedicine · 2020Article
- Hepatitis C Testing and Patient Characteristics in Washington State's Prisons Between 2012 and 2016.American journal of preventive medicine · 2019Article
- The Burden of Untreated HCV Infection in Hospitalized Inmates: a Hospital Utilization and Cost Analysis.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2018Article
- Confluence of Epidemics of Hepatitis C, Diabetes, Obesity, and Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States Population.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2017Article
- Hepatitis C Screening of the "Birth Cohort" (Born 1945-1965) and Younger Inmates of New York City Jails.American journal of public health · 2016Article
- A pilot study of rapid hepatitis C virus testing in the Rhode Island Department of Corrections.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2016Article
- Prevention of Hepatitis C by Screening and Treatment in U.S. Prisons.Annals of internal medicine · 2016Article
- Characterizing the Burden of Hepatitis C Infection Among Entrants to Pennsylvania State Prisons, 2004 to 2012.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2016Article
- Toward a more accurate estimate of the prevalence of hepatitis C in the United States.Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 2015Article
- Comparison of risk-based hepatitis C screening and the true seroprevalence in an urban prison system.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2015Article
- "Seek, test, treat and retain" for hepatitis C in the United States criminal justice system.International journal of prisoner health · 2014Article
- Hepatitis C Epidemiology in a Large Urban Jail: A Changing Demographic.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
- Hepatitis C Virus Testing and Linkage to Care in North Carolina and South Carolina Jails, 2012-2014.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
- Performance of Risk-Based and Birth-Cohort Strategies for Identifying Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among People Entering Prison, Wisconsin, 2014.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe described hepatitis C virus antibody (anti-HCV) prevalence in a state prison system and retrospectively evaluated the case-finding performance of targeted testing of the 1945 to 1965 birth cohort in this population.
methodsWe used observational data from universal testing of Pennsylvania state prison entrants (June 2004-December 2012) to determine anti-HCV prevalence by birth cohort. We compared anti-HCV prevalence and the burden of anti-HCV in the 1945 to 1965 birth cohort with that in all other birth years.
resultsAnti-HCV prevalence among 101,727 adults entering prison was 18.1%. Prevalence was highest among those born from 1945 to 1965, but most anti-HCV cases were in people born after 1965. Targeted testing of the 1945 to 1965 birth cohort would have identified a decreasing proportion of cases with time.
conclusionsHCV is endemic in correctional populations. Targeted testing of the 1945 to 1965 birth cohort would produce a high yield of positive test results but would identify only a minority of cases. We recommend universal anti-HCV screening in correctional settings to allow for maximum case identification, secondary prevention, and treatment of affected prisoners.
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