Epidemiology (HCV)
"Detection of Hepatitis C Among British Prisoners Who Seek HIV Test after Intravenous Drug Use."
Published in Blood Weekly, July 29th, 1996
According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 11th International Conference on AIDS, held July 7-12, 1996, in Vancouver, British Columbia, "Objective: To find out the prevalence of Hepatitis C infection among prisoners who seek HIV test after intravenous drug use. Methods: 250 prisoners who shared injecting equipment to use intravenous drugs were included in the study. After appropriate pre-HIV test counselling blood tests were carried out for HIV-1 and -2 antibodies, Hepatitis C antibodies and Hepatitis surface antigen (HBsAg) and Hepatitis B antibodies. All 250 patients were screened for syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases. Results: ...
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Source: Blood Weekly (1996-07-29)
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