Journal article
Incarceration history and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis
J Stone, H Fraser, AG Lim, JG Walker, Z Ward, L MacGregor, A Trickey, S Abbott, SA Strathdee, D Abramovitz, L Maher, J Iversen, J Bruneau, G Zang, RS Garfein, YF Yen, T Azim, SH Mehta, MJ Milloy, ME Hellard Show all
Lancet Infectious Diseases | Published : 2018
Abstract
Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) experience a high prevalence of incarceration and might be at high risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection during or after incarceration. We aimed to assess whether incarceration history elevates HIV or HCV acquisition risk among PWID. Methods: In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we searched MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO databases for studies in any language published from Jan 1, 2000 until June 13, 2017 assessing HIV or HCV incidence among PWID. We included studies that measured HIV or HCV incidence among community-recruited PWID. We included only studies reporting original results and excluded studies that evaluated incident inf..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, National Institutes of Health.