Predictive markers for hepatitis C virus infection among Brazilian inmates Marcadores preditivos para infecção do vírus da hepatite C em presidiários brasileiros

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Harnoldo Colares Coelho, Sabrina Alberti Nóbrega de Oliveira, Juliana Custódio Miguel, Maria de Lourdes Aguiar Oliveira, José Fernando de Castro Figueiredo, Gleici Castro Perdoná, Afonso Dinis Costa Passos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2009
• Subjects: Hepatite C; Prisões; Prevalência; Fatores de risco; Hepatitis C; Prisons; Prevalence; Risk factors; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Droga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822009000400002; https://doaj.org/article/80adf2bbdd614f719b24a2ade0fc544a

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has quite high prevalence in the prison system, reaching rates of up to 40%. This survey aimed to estimate the prevalence of HCV infection and evaluate risk factors for this exposure among male inmates at the Ribeirão Preto Prison, State of São Paulo, Brazil, betwee...