ReviewWorld journal of hepatology2015
Hepatitis C virus infection and prisoners: Epidemiology, outcome and treatment.
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- Global coverage of interventions for reduction of injecting drug use-related harm, HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis in prisons and other carceral settings: A systematic review.The International journal on drug policy · 2026Pooled it
- Global prevalence of hepatitis C in prisoners: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of virology · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in people who inject drugs in Iran.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Hepatitis B and C prevalence and incidence in key population groups with multiple risk factors in the EU/EEA: a systematic review.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2019Pooled it
- Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among prisoners in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Harm reduction journal · 2018Pooled it
- Regional epidemiological study of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human immunodeficiency virus among prisoners.BMC public health · 2025Article
- What does it take to achieve microelimination of hepatitis C among incarcerated individuals in Haryana, India?Clinical liver disease · 2022Article
- Is Illicit Substance Use Gender-Specific? The Basic Points of Mental and Health Disorders.Toxics · 2022Review
- A mathematical model by route of transmission and fibrosis progression to estimate undiagnosed individuals with HCV in different Italian regions.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Epidemiology of Hepatitis C virus infection among incarcerated populations in North Dakota.PloS one · 2022Article
- Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Viral Infections and Associated Factors Among Prisoners in Northeast Ethiopia.Journal of blood medicine · 2021Article
- Seroprevalence and associated factors of HIV and Hepatitis C in Brazilian high-security prisons: A state-wide epidemiological study.PloS one · 2021Article
- The civil society monitoring of hepatitis C response related to the WHO 2030 elimination goals in 35 European countries.Harm reduction journal · 2020Article
- Hepatitis C virus infection and its associated factors among prisoners in a Nigerian prison.BMC gastroenterology · 2020Article
- [Exploring the health education model for chronic hepatitis C micro-elimination in Guizhou Province from a global perspectives].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2020Article
- A qualitative study of perceived barriers to hepatitis C care among people who did not attend appointments in the non-urban US South.Harm reduction journal · 2020Article
- Microelimination of Chronic Hepatitis C by Universal Screening Plus Direct-Acting Antivirals for Incarcerated Persons in Taiwan.Open forum infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Prevalence of Viremic hepatitis C, hepatitis B, and HIV infection, and vaccination status among prisoners in Stockholm County.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Clustering of hepatitis C virus antibody positivity within households and communities in Punjab, India.Epidemiology and infection · 2019Article
- Offering HCV treatment to prisoners is an important opportunity: key principles based on policy and practice assessment in Europe.BMC public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
The studies on hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in prison populations are few and mostly cross-sectional. We analyzed prevalently the articles appearing on PubMed in the last ten years. HCV infection is frequent in prisoners, prevalences ranging from 3.1% to 38% according to the HCV endemicity in the geographical location of the prison and in the countries of origin of the foreign prisoners and to the prevalence of intravenous drug use, which is the most important risk factor for HCV infection, followed by an older age of prisoners and previous prison terms. HCV replication in anti-HCV-positive cases varies from 45% to 90% in different studies, and the most common HCV genotypes are generally 1 and 3. The response to antiviral treatment is similar in prisoners to that of the general population. Unfortunately, treatment is administered less frequently to prisoners because of the difficulties in management and follow-up. The new directly acting antivirals offer a good therapy option for inmates because of their good efficacy, short duration of treatment and low incidence of side effects. The efforts of the prison authorities and medical staff should be focused on reducing the spread of HCV infection in prisons by extending the possibility of follow-up and treatment to more prisoners with chronic hepatitis C.
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