Prevalence of selected sexually and blood-borne infections in Injecting drug abuser inmates of bandar abbas and roodan correction facilities, Iran, 2002
Braz. j. infect. dis
; 13(5): 356-358, Oct. 2009. tab
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ABSTRACT
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other blood borne viral infections like hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are major health issues especially in young and growing population of developing countries. All around the globe correctional facilities are known as potential source of spreading such disease. During summer 2002, HIV, HCV antibodies, hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen and rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test were checked in venous blood samples of 252 injecting drug abuser prisoners from correctional facilities in southern Iran. Overall HIV, HCV and HBV infection rate was 15.1 percent (38/249), 64.8 percent (163/249), and 4.7 percent (12/249), respectively. HCV infection rate of HIV positive cases was 94 percent (35/38). All RPR results were negative. Duration of previous drug abuse and imprisonment were correlated with HIV and HCV infection (p value = 0.0003 and 0.015 & p value =0.02 and 0.02). Considering the higher prevalence of HIV and HCV infection in correctional facilities compared to general population of Iran, warrants immediate multidisciplinary approaches targeted at controlling further spread of these infections primarily among prisoners and secondarily preventing them to act as carrier to general population.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Prisioneiros
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Infecções por HIV
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Abuso de Substâncias por Via Intravenosa
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Hepatite C
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Hepatite B
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Irã
País de publicação:
Brasil