Prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections among inmates of Quebec provincial prisons.
CMAJ
; 177(3): 252-6, 2007 Jul 31.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
To determine the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and examine risk factors for these infections among inmates in Quebec provincial prisons.METHODS:
Anonymous cross-sectional data were collected from January to June 2003 for men (n = 1357) and women (n = 250) who agreed to participate in the study and who completed a self-administrated questionnaire and provided saliva samples.RESULTS:
The prevalence of HIV infection was 2.3% among the male participants and 8.8% among the female participants. The corresponding prevalence of HCV infection was 16.6% and 29.2%, respectively. The most important risk factor was injection drug use. The prevalence of HIV infection was 7.2% among the male injection drug users and 0.5% among the male non-users. Among the women, the rate was 20.6% among the injection drug users, whereas none of the non-users was HIV positive. The prevalence of HCV infection was 53.3% among the male injection drug users and 2.6% among the male non-users; the corresponding values among the women were 63.6% and 3.5%.INTERPRETATION:
HIV and HCV infections constitute an important public health problem in prison, where the prevalence is affected mainly by a high percentage of injection drug use among inmates.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Prisiones
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Infecciones por VIH
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Hepatitis C
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Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
CMAJ
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article