TY - JOUR
AU - Schaffner, William
AB - THE JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. VOL. 152, NO.1. JULY 1985 © 1985 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. 0022-1899/85/5201-0028$01.00 Numerous serosurveys [1-4] have shown male prisoners dence survey. The 10 institutions housing adult male to have a higher prevalence of serum markers for hepati­ prisoners were visited between February 6 and February tis B virus (HBV) than is found in the general population 14, 1984 in order to obtain serum specimens. [5]. The extent to which that higher prevalence was due Of the 759 prisoners included in the original sample, to infection acquired during incarceration, however, has 540 possessed no serological markers of infection with remained uncertain. Indeed, recent studies [4a; R. F.Anda, HBV and were considered susceptible to hepatitis B. Of S. B. Perlman, D. J. D'Alessio, J. B. Davis, V. N. Dodson, these, 275 (51%) prisoners were available for follow-up one unpublished observations] have indicated that the high year later. Of the remaining 265 (49070) prisoners, 104 were prevalences of HBV serum mar kers found in prisoners were on parole, 91 had been unconditionally released, 57 were attributable primarily to factors not directly associated with on work release, seven were in court, two had escaped, 
TI - The Incidence of Hepatitis B in Tennessee Prisoners
JF - The Journal of Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1093/infdis/152.1.214
DA - 1985-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-incidence-of-hepatitis-b-in-tennessee-prisoners-i2qQ1rjGWb
SP - 214
EP - 217
VL - 152
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -