Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among prisoners in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Masoud Behzadifar (Author), Hasan Abolghasem Gorji (Author), Aziz Rezapour (Author), Nicola Luigi Bragazzi (Author)
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• Udgivet: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the major public health problems both in developed and developing countries. Prison represents a high-risk environment for prisoners, in that it is characterized by high-risk behaviors such as injecting drug use (IDU), tattooing, unprotected sexu...