Correlation between HIV and HCV in Brazilian prisoners: evidence for parenteral transmission inside prison

• Main Authors: Burattini MN (Author), Massad E (Author), Rozman M (Author), Azevedo RS (Author), Carvalho HB (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: It is an accepted fact that confinement conditions increase the risk of some infections related to sexual and/or injecting drugs practices. Mathematical techniques were applied to estimate time-dependent incidence densities of HIV infection among inmates. METHODS: A total of 631 prisoners...