Correlation between HIV and HCV in Brazilian prisoners: evidence for parenteral transmission inside prison.
Open Access
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- Published by FapUNIFESP (SciELO) in Revista de Saúde Pública
- Vol. 34 (5) , 431-436
- https://doi.org/10.1590/s0034-89102000000500001
Abstract
It is an accepted fact that confinement conditions increase the risk of some infections related to sexual and/or injecting drugs practices. Mathematical techniques were applied to estimate time-dependent incidence densities of HIV infection among inmates.Keywords
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