Prevalence of and risk factors for HBV and HCV among incarcerated people who inject drugs in Iran: A cross sectional study
Autor: | Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Saeede Jafari, Ghobad Moradi, Parvin Mohamadi, Bushra Zareie, Mohammad Aziz Rasouli |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Viral Hepatitis Vaccines medicine.medical_specialty Hepatitis B virus Cross-sectional study Hepatitis C virus Hepacivirus Iran medicine.disease_cause Logistic regression lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medical microbiology Risk Factors Environmental health HBV Prevalence Medicine Blood test Humans lcsh:RC109-216 030212 general & internal medicine PWID Substance Abuse Intravenous Drug injection Extramarital sex medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Prisoners Prison virus diseases Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Infectious Diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models Prisons HCV 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Female business Research Article |
Zdroj: | BMC Infectious Diseases BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020) |
ISSN: | 1471-2334 |
Popis: | Background This study aimed at determining the prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among incarcerated people who inject drugs (PWID) in Iran in 2015–16. Methods The required data was collected from a database provided by Iranian national bio-behavioral surveillance surveys (BBSSs) on 11,988 prisoners selected from among 55 prisons in 19 provinces in 2015–16. The data on demographics and behavioral variables were collected through interviews and the status of exposure to HBV and HCV were determined using ELISA blood test. A total of 1387 individuals with a history of drug injection in their lifetime were enrolled into the study. Data were analyzed using the survey package in Stata/SE software, Version 14.0. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression tests were used to investigate the relationships between risk factors and outcomes. Results The mean age of the incarcerated PWID was 36.83 ± 8.13 years. Of all the studied subjects, 98.46% were male and 50.97% were married. The prevalence of HCV and HBV among the subjects were 40.52 and 2.46%, respectively. The prevalence of HCV was associated with age ≥ 30 years, being single, illiteracy and low level of education, prison term> 5 years, history of piercing, and extramarital sex in lifetime (P Conclusions The prevalence of HCV is alarmingly high. In general, it is recommended to adopt measures to screen and treat patients with HCV and vaccinat incarcerated PWID without a history of vaccination against HBV. |
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