SynthesisArchives of virology2022
Global prevalence of hepatitis C in prisoners: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Qualitative Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators to Hepatitis B and C Programmes in Prisons.Journal of viral hepatitis · 2025Pooled it
- Mental and physical health morbidity among people in prisons: an umbrella review.The Lancet. Public health · 2024Pooled it
- Global epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in dialysis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Necrolytic acral erythema in an incarcerated population: A case series.JAAD case reports · 2026Article
- Point-of-Care Testing and Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus in Prisons: The SINTESI Project in Sicily.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2025Article
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- Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Hemodialysis Patients in the Era of Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment: Observational Study and Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Observational
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- Prevalence of blood-borne virus infections and uptake of hepatitis C testing and treatment in Australian prisons: the AusHep study.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024Article
- Chronic hepatitis C elimination prison initiative: HCV-intensive test and treat, a whole prisoner population HCV test-and-treat program in England.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Seroprevalence and Associated Factors of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Viral Infections Among Prisoners in Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia.Infection and drug resistance · 2023Article
- Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of HIV Infection among Detainees: A Review of the Literature.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Current status of disparity in liver disease.World journal of hepatology · 2022Review
- Hepatitis C testing, treatment and prevention in low- and middle-income country prisons.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2022Article
- Using time in prison as an ideal opportunity to treat Hepatitis C - PIONEER Framework Proposal.Revista espanola de sanidad penitenciariaReview
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV), one of the most significant causes of liver inflammation, has a high annual mortality rate. The unfavorable hygiene conditions and inadequate health monitoring in many prisons increase the risk of blood-borne infections such as hepatitis C. The growing incidence of this disease among prisoners results in overspill transmission to the general population from undiagnosed prisoners that have been released. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis C among the world's prison population. A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on the prevalence of hepatitis C was carried out using the keywords "Prevalence", "Hepatitis C", and "Prisoner" in the Iranian and international databases SID, MagIran, Iran Doc, Science Direct, Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science (WoS) from January 1990 to September 2020. After transferring the articles to the information management software EndNote and eliminating duplicate studies, the remaining studies were reviewed based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, three stages of primary and secondary evaluation, and qualitative evaluation. Comprehensive meta-analysis software and Begg and Mazumdar and I
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