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SUBMITTER: Izquierdo L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6594613 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Izquierdo Laure L Mellon Guillaume G Buchaillet Céline C Fac Catherine C Soutière Marie-Pierre MP Pallier Coralie C Dulioust Anne A Roque-Afonso Anne-Marie AM
PloS one 20190626 6
<h4>Background</h4>Prison inmates are considered a high-risk population for blood-borne and enterically transmitted infections before and during their imprisonment. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) prevalence is unknown among French inmates, whereas a reassessment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalences is required to describe the epidemiologic evolution in this high-risk population.<h4>Methods</h4>A prospective surve ...[more]