Open AccessHepatitis C and B testing in English prisons is low but increasing
Author(s) -
Patrick Kirwan,
B A Evans,
L. J. Brant
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdr011
Subject(s) - virology , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , hepatitis b , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis c , epidemiology , viral hepatitis , hepatitis c virus , environmental health , family medicine , virus , electrical engineering , engineering
Prisons are important settings for blood-borne virus control because of the high prevalence of hepatitis C and B viral infections (HCV and HBV), and behaviours associated with transmission among prisoners.
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