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| Pompilio,MA; Pontes,ERJC; Castro,ARCM; Andrade,SMO; Stief,ACF; Martins,RMB; Mousquer,GJ; Murat,PG; Francisco,RBL; Pompilio,SAL; Rezende,GR; Elias-Junior,E. |
| In Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, the number of prisoners has increased in the recent years and the control of hepatitis C virus (HCV) has become more complex. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence and identify the genotypes of HCV in prisoners as well as the factors associated with this infectious disease. Thereby, 443 men and 243 women from prisons were interviewed and subjected to blood collection. Anti-HCV reactive samples were analyzed by RT-PCR and genotyped. The overall seroprevalence of HCV infection was 4.8% (95%CI: 3.4 to 6.8%). Furthermore, the prevalence was higher in: men, injecting drug users, tattooed persons, those who were more than 50 years old, individuals who have been arrested multiple times, people with... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hepatitis C; Genotype; Polymerase chain reaction; Epidemiology; Prisoners. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992011000200013 |
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