Titre : | A missed opportunity : Hepatitis C screening of prisoners. (2005) |
Auteurs : | MACALINO (Grace-E) : USA. Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies. Tufts New England Medical Center. Boston. MA. ; DHAWAN (Darpun) : USA. Brown Medical School. Providence. RI. ; RICH (Josiah-D) : USA. Department of Medicine and Community Health. Brown University. |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 95, n° 10, 2005) |
Pagination : | 1739-1740 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Hépatite virale C ; Virose ; Infection ; Dépistage ; Homme ; Prison ; Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Appareil digestif [pathologie] ; Foie [pathologie] ; Détenu ; Amérique du Nord |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS sAqjR0x9. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. 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. |