Prevalence of selected sexually and blood-borne infections in Injecting drug abuser inmates of bandar abbas and roodan correction facilities, Iran, 2002
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other blood borne viral infections like hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are major health issues especially in young and growing population of developing countries. All around the globe correctional facilities are known as potential source of...
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| author | Parivash Davoodian Habib Dadvand Khatereh Mahoori Alireza Amoozandeh Alborz Salavati |
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| description | Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other blood borne viral infections like hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are major health issues especially in young and growing population of developing countries. All around the globe correctional facilities are known as potential source of spreading such disease. During summer 2002, HIV, HCV antibodies, hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen and rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test were checked in venous blood samples of 252 injecting drug abuser prisoners from correctional facilities in southern Iran. Overall HIV, HCV and HBV infection rate was 15.1% (38/249), 64.8% (163/249), and 4.7% (12/249), respectively. HCV infection rate of HIV positive cases was 94% (35/38). All RPR results were negative. Duration of previous drug abuse and imprisonment were correlated with HIV and HCV infection (p value = 0.0003 and 0.015 & p value =0.02 and 0.02). Considering the higher prevalence of HIV and HCV infection in correctional facilities compared to general population of Iran, warrants immediate multidisciplinary approaches targeted at controlling further spread of these infections primarily among prisoners and secondarily preventing them to act as carrier to general population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4c3bb068fe2b4db6a8ac93d37ab43ee02022-12-21T17:50:02ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1678-439113535635810.1590/S1413-86702009000500008S1413-86702009000500008Prevalence of selected sexually and blood-borne infections in Injecting drug abuser inmates of bandar abbas and roodan correction facilities, Iran, 2002Parivash Davoodian0Habib Dadvand1Khatereh Mahoori2Alireza Amoozandeh3Alborz Salavati4Hormozgan University of Medical SciencesHormozgan University of Medical SciencesHormozgan University of Medical SciencesHormozgan University of Medical SciencesTehran University of Medical SciencesHuman Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other blood borne viral infections like hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are major health issues especially in young and growing population of developing countries. All around the globe correctional facilities are known as potential source of spreading such disease. During summer 2002, HIV, HCV antibodies, hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen and rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test were checked in venous blood samples of 252 injecting drug abuser prisoners from correctional facilities in southern Iran. Overall HIV, HCV and HBV infection rate was 15.1% (38/249), 64.8% (163/249), and 4.7% (12/249), respectively. HCV infection rate of HIV positive cases was 94% (35/38). All RPR results were negative. Duration of previous drug abuse and imprisonment were correlated with HIV and HCV infection (p value = 0.0003 and 0.015 & p value =0.02 and 0.02). Considering the higher prevalence of HIV and HCV infection in correctional facilities compared to general population of Iran, warrants immediate multidisciplinary approaches targeted at controlling further spread of these infections primarily among prisoners and secondarily preventing them to act as carrier to general population.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000500008&lng=en&tlng=enHIVIranprisonsHBVHCV |
| spellingShingle | Parivash Davoodian Habib Dadvand Khatereh Mahoori Alireza Amoozandeh Alborz Salavati Prevalence of selected sexually and blood-borne infections in Injecting drug abuser inmates of bandar abbas and roodan correction facilities, Iran, 2002 Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases HIV Iran prisons HBV HCV |
| title | Prevalence of selected sexually and blood-borne infections in Injecting drug abuser inmates of bandar abbas and roodan correction facilities, Iran, 2002 |
| title_full | Prevalence of selected sexually and blood-borne infections in Injecting drug abuser inmates of bandar abbas and roodan correction facilities, Iran, 2002 |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of selected sexually and blood-borne infections in Injecting drug abuser inmates of bandar abbas and roodan correction facilities, Iran, 2002 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of selected sexually and blood-borne infections in Injecting drug abuser inmates of bandar abbas and roodan correction facilities, Iran, 2002 |
| title_short | Prevalence of selected sexually and blood-borne infections in Injecting drug abuser inmates of bandar abbas and roodan correction facilities, Iran, 2002 |
| title_sort | prevalence of selected sexually and blood borne infections in injecting drug abuser inmates of bandar abbas and roodan correction facilities iran 2002 |
| topic | HIV Iran prisons HBV HCV |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000500008&lng=en&tlng=en |
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