Hepatitis C seroprevalence among prison inmates since 2001: still high but declining.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results provide an important updated estimate of hepatitis C seroprevalence and suggest that correctional populations bear a declining but still sizable share of the epidemic. Correctional facilities remain important sites for hepatitis C case finding and therapy implementation. These results may also assist future studies in projecting the societal costs and benefits of providing new treatment options in prison systems. PMID: 24587554 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Public Health Reports - Category: Global & Universal Tags: Public Health Rep Source Type: research