A Missed Opportunity: Hepatitis C Screening of Prisoners
- 1 October 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 95 (10) , 1739-1740
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2004.056291
Abstract
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.Keywords
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