Prevalence and Incidence of HIV, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus Infections Among Males in Rhode Island Prisons

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ID11036908
AuthorsGrace E Macalino (Grace E. Macalino, Stephanie Sanford, Sarju Patel, Christopher Salas, and Josiah D. Rich are with Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI. David Vlahov is with New York Academy of Medicine, Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York, NY, and the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Keith Sabin is with the University of Georgia, Athens.), Grace Macalino (New York Academy of Medicine), David Vlahov (0000-0003-4007-4445, Grace E. Macalino, Stephanie Sanford, Sarju Patel, Christopher Salas, and Josiah D. Rich are with Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI. David Vlahov is with New York Academy of Medicine, Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York, NY, and the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Keith Sabin is with the University of Georgia, Athens.), Stephanie Sanford-Colby (Grace E. Macalino, Stephanie Sanford, Sarju Patel, Christopher Salas, and Josiah D. Rich are with Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI. David Vlahov is with New York Academy of Medicine, Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York, NY, and the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Keith Sabin is with the University of Georgia, Athens.), Stephanie L Sanford-Colby (New York Academy of Medicine), Sarju Patel (0009-0001-9188-0837, Grace E. Macalino, Stephanie Sanford, Sarju Patel, Christopher Salas, and Josiah D. Rich are with Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI. David Vlahov is with New York Academy of Medicine, Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York, NY, and the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Keith Sabin is with the University of Georgia, Athens.), Keith Sabin (0000-0002-2290-8621, Grace E. Macalino, Stephanie Sanford, Sarju Patel, Christopher Salas, and Josiah D. Rich are with Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI. David Vlahov is with New York Academy of Medicine, Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York, NY, and the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Keith Sabin is with the University of Georgia, Athens.), Christopher Salas (Grace E. Macalino, Stephanie Sanford, Sarju Patel, Christopher Salas, and Josiah D. Rich are with Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI. David Vlahov is with New York Academy of Medicine, Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York, NY, and the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Keith Sabin is with the University of Georgia, Athens.), Josiah D Rich (0000-0002-4517-7841, Grace E. Macalino, Stephanie Sanford, Sarju Patel, Christopher Salas, and Josiah D. Rich are with Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI. David Vlahov is with New York Academy of Medicine, Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York, NY, and the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Keith Sabin is with the University of Georgia, Athens.)
Year2004
Volume94
Issue7
Pages1218-1223
Publication date2004-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.94.7.1218
PMID15226146
OpenAlexW2114718260
LanguageEN
Citations received49
References cited26

Objectives. We evaluated prevalence and intraprison incidence of HIV, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus infections among male prison inmates. Methods. We observed intake prevalence for 4269 sentenced inmates at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute between 1998 and 2000 and incidence among 446 continuously incarcerated inmates (incarcerated for 12 months or more). Results. HIV, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus prevalences were 1.8%, 20.2%, and 23.1%, respectively. Infections were significantly associated with injection drug use (odds ratio = 10.1, 7.9, and 32.4). Incidence per 100 person-years was 0 for HIV, 2.7 for HBV, and 0.4 for HCV. Conclusions. High infection prevalence among inmates represents a significant community health issue. General disease prevention efforts must include prevention within correctional facilities. The high observed intraprison incidence of HBV underscores the need to vaccinate prison populations

Hepatitis · Hepatitis B · Hepatitis B virus · Hepatitis C · Hepatitis C virus · Incidence (geometry) · Odds ratio · Prison · Virus · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Virology