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A Missed Opportunity: Hepatitis C Screening of Prisoners

Author(s) -

Grace Macalino,

Darpun Dhawan,

Josiah D. Rich

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.056291

Subject(s) - serostatus , medicine , hepatitis c , injection drug use , hepatitis , hepatitis c virus , disease control , viral hepatitis , substance abuse , liver disease , family medicine , drug , virology , psychiatry , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , drug injection , virus , viral load

In 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued recommendations to screen all inmates with a history of injection drug use or other risk factors for hepatitis C. We compared self-reported risk factors for hepatitis C with serostatus from inmates in the Rhode Island Department of Corrections. Of the male inmates who were hepatitis C positive, 66% did not report injection drug use. Risk-based testing underestimates the hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence in correctional settings and limits the opportunity to diagnose and prevent hepatitis C infection.

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