Transmission of hepatitis C within Australian prisons

被引：46

作者：

Haber, PS

Parsons, SJ

Harper, SE

White, PA

Rawlinson, WD

Lloyd, AR ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ New S Wales, Sch Pathol, Inflammat Res Unit, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

[2] Royal Prince Alfred Hosp, Drug & Alcohol Serv, Sydney, NSW, Australia

[3] Correct Hlth Serv, Publ Hlth Nursing Unit, Sydney, NSW, Australia

[4] S Eastern Sydney Area Lab Serv, Dept Microbiol, Div Virol, Sydney, NSW, Australia

来源：

MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA | 1999年 / 171卷 / 01期

关键词：

D O I：

10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123494.x

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) within prisons has long been suspected but has not been satisfactorily documented. We present four cases of HCV infection occurring during periods of continuous imprisonment. Each subject was HCV seronegative on entering prison and on repeat testing after 4-52 months in prison, but subsequently became seropositive. Two subjects gave a history of injecting drug use, and the most likely means of infection in the other two subjects were lacerations from barbers shears and lacerations arising from physical assault. There is an urgent need for detailed study of the incidence of HCV infection and the modes of transmission in prisons.

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页码：31 / 33

页数：3

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