A missed opportunity: Hepatitis C screening of prisoners

G.E. Macalino, D. Dhawan and J.D. Rich

American Journal of Public Health, 2005, vol. 95, issue 10, 1739-1740

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.

Date: 2005
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