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General Reports
 

           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Age-Specific Global Prevalence of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, and Tuberculosis Among Incarcerated People: A Systematic Review.
Kinner SA, Snow K, Wirtz AL, et al
J Adolesc Health. 2018 Mar;62(3S):S18-S26.
Abstract

Prevention of Hepatitis C by Screening and Treatment in U.S. Prisons.
He T, Li K, Roberts MS, et al
Ann Intern Med
. 2015 Nov 24.
Abstract

creening for Hepatitis C as a Prevention Enhancement (SHAPE) for HIV: An Integration Pilot Initiative in a Massachusetts County
Correctional Facility.

Cocoros N, Nettle E, Church D,  et al
Public Health Rep. 2014 Jan;129 Suppl 1:5-11.
Abstract

A simple strategy to identify acute HCV infection among newly incarcerated injection drug users.
Kim AY, Nagami EH, Birch CE, et al
Hepatology. 2012 Oct 30.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prison puzzle: Treating hepatitis C.
Webster PC.
CMAJ
. 2012 May 7.
Paper

FULL-TEXT LETTER
Tuberculosis Screening before Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Therapy in Prisons.
Babudieri S, Soddu A, Murino M, et al
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2012 Apr;18(4):689-91
Commentary

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Screening for HCV Infection in Jails
Spaulding
, AC Thomas, DL
JAMA. 2012 Mar 28; 307(12): 1259–1260
Paper

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Hepatitis C in Corrections

Epidemiology/Incidence/Challenges Studies
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Genotype distribution and treatment response among incarcerated drug-dependent patients with chronic hepatitis C infection.
Cheng CH, Lin CC, Chen HL, et al
PLoS One. 2018 Feb 1;13(2):e0191799.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Why is there still hepatitis C transmission in Australian prisons? A case report.
Harkness B, Levy M, Evans R, Wenke J.
Harm Reduct J
. 2017 Nov 25;14
Paper

Hepatitis C antibody prevalence among Mexico City prisoners injecting legal and illegal substances.
Silverman-Retana O, Serván-Mori E, McCoy SI, Larney S, Bautista-Arredondo S. 
Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2017 Oct 14
Abstract

HIV and HCV in U.S. Prisons and Jails: The Correctional Facility as a Bellwether Over Time for the Community's Infections.
Spaulding AC, Anderson EJ,
AIDS Rev. 2017 Sep 19;19(3). [
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Use of multiple data sources to estimate hepatitis C seroprevalence among prisoners: A retrospective cohort study.
Snow KJ, Richards AH, Kinner SA.
 
PLoS One
. 2017 Jul 7;12(7):e0180646.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Risk factors for prevalent hepatitis C virus-infection among inmates in a state prison system in Mexico.
Belaunzarán-Zamudio PF, Mosqueda-Gomez JL,  et al.
PLoS One
. 2017 Jun 27;12(6):e0179931
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Risk factors for prevalent hepatitis C virus-infection among inmates in a state prison system in Mexico.
Belaunzarán-Zamudio PF, Mosqueda-Gomez JL,  et al

PLoS One
. 2017 Jun 27;12(6):e0179931
.
Paper

Modelling the impact of incarceration and prison-based hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment on HCV transmission among people who inject drugs in Scotland.
Stone J, Martin NK, Hickman M, et al

Addiction
. 2017 Mar 3.
Abstract

Ongoing incident hepatitis C virus infection among people with a history of injecting drug use in an Australian prison setting, 2005-2014: the HITS-p study.
Cunningham EB, Harjarizadeh B, Bretana NA,  et al  

J Vral Hepat
. 2017 Mar
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prevalence and Incidence of HCV Infection among Prisoners in Central Brazil.
Puga MA, Bandeira LM, Pompilio MA,  et al 
PLoS One
. 2017 Jan 6;12(1):e0169195.
Paper

Correlates of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the Targeted Testing Program of the New York City Jail System.
Akiyama MJ, Kaba F, Rosner Z, et al

Public Health Rep
. 2017 Jan/Feb;132(1):41-47.
Abstract

Social capital strategies to enhance hepatitis C treatment awareness and uptake among men in prison.
Lafferty L, Treloar C, Guthrie J, et al  

J Viral Hepat
. 2016 Oct 24.
Abstract

Hepatitis C management in prisons: An insight into daily clinical practice in three major Italian correctional houses.
Foschi A, Casana M, Radice A,  et al
Hepatology. 2016 Nov;64(5):1821-1822.
Abstract

A systematic review and meta-analysis of racial and ethnic disparities in hepatitis C antibody prevalence in United States correctional populations.
Larney S, Zaller ND, Dumont DM, et al
Ann Epidemiol. 2016 Jul 14.
Abstract

Correlates and characteristics of hepatitis C virus-specific T-cell immunity in exposed uninfected high-risk prison inmates.
Cameron B, Galbraith S, Li H,  et al
J Viral Hepat
. 2013 Apr;20(4):e96-e106.
Abstract

The incidence and prevalence of hepatitis C in prisons and other closed settings: Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Larney S, Kopinski H, Beckwith CG, et al
Hepatology. 2013 Mar 15.
Abstract

Low incidence of HCV amongst prisoners in Scotland.
Taylor A, Munro A, Allen E,  et al
Addiction
. 2013 Jan 8

Abstract

Re-infection of hepatitis C virus infection in HIV/HCV co-infected inmates of correctional institutions, Canada.
Farley J, Truong A, Horvath G,  et al
J Int AIDS Soc. 2012 Nov 11;15(6):18422.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prevalence of anti-HCV in an inmate population.
Rosa FD, Carneiro M, Duro LN, et al
Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2012 Oct;58(5):557-560
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Hepatitis C Virus and Associated Risk Factors among Prison Inmates with History of Drug Injection in Isfahan, Iran.
Kassaian N, Adibi P, Kafashaian A,  et al
Int J Prev Med. 2012 Mar;3(Suppl1):S156-S16
Paper

Estimating the variability in the risk of infection for hepatitis C in the Glasgow injecting drug user population.
Sutton AJ, McDonald SA, Palmateer N,  et al
Epidemiol Infect
. 2012 Mar 30:1-0
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Comparison of hepatitis C virus treatment between incarcerated and community patients.
Rice JP, Burnett D, Tsotsis H, et al
Hepatology. 2012 Apr 13.
Abstract

'Prevalence of HCV risk behaviors among prison inmates: tattooing and injection drug use.
Peña-Orellana M, Hernández-Viver A,  et al
J Health Care Poor Underserved
. 2011;22(3):962-82.
Abstract

Hepatitis C and B prevalence in Spanish prisons.
Saiz de la Hoya P, Marco A, García-Guerrero J, Rivera A
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
. 2011 Jan 28.
Abstract

A "One-Two Punch" Leading to Hepatitis C Seroconversion.
Nagami EH, Kim AY, Birch CE, et al
Clin Infect Dis
. 2010 Dec 28.
Abstract

Frequent multiple hepatitis C virus infections among injection drug users in a prison setting.
Pham ST, Bull RA, Bennett JM,  et al
Hepatology
. 2010 Nov;52(5):1564-72
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Incidence of primary hepatitis C infection and risk factors for transmission in an Australian prisoner cohort.
Teutsch S, Luciani F, Scheuer N, et al

BMC Public Health
. 2010 Oct 22;10(1):633
Paper

High prevalence of late relapse and reinfection in prisoners treated for chronic hepatitis C.
Bate JP, Colman AJ, Frost PJ, Shaw DR, Harley HA.
 
J Gastroenterol Hepatol
. 2010 Jul;25(7):1276-1280
Abstract

Chronic hepatitis C in the state prison system: insights into the problems and possible solutions.
Imperial JC. 
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010 Jun;4(3):355-64
Abstract

Seropositivity of hepatitis C in prison inmates of Pakistan--a cross sectional study in prisons of Sindh.
Gorar ZA, Zulfikar I.

J Pak Med Assoc
. 2010 Jun;60(6):476-9.
Abstract

Establishment of a successful assessment and treatment service for Australian prison inmates with chronic hepatitis C.
Boonwaat L, Haber PS, Levy MH, Lloyd AR.

Med J Aust. 2010 May 3;192(9):496-500.
Abstract

Incidence and risk for acute hepatitis C infection during imprisonment in Australia.
Dolan K, Teutsch S, Scheuer N, et al
 
Eur J Epidemiol
. 2010 Jan 19.

Abstract


Prevention
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prevention and control of infections with hepatitis viruses in correctional settings. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Weinbaum C, Lyerla R, Margolis HS;
MMWR Recomm Rep. 2003 Mar 14;52(10):205-14.
Paper

Clinical  Management
Drugs

   Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Genotype distribution and treatment response among incarcerated drug-dependent patients with chronic hepatitis C infection.
Cheng CH, Lin CC, Chen HL, et al

PLoS One
. 2018 Feb 1;13(2):e0191799.
Paper

Management of HCV infection in the penitentiary setting in the direct-acting antivirals era: practical recommendations from an expert panel.
Roberto R, Giulio S, Sergio C,  et al
Infection. 2016 Dec 26
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Hepatitis C virus infection and prisoners: Epidemiology, outcome and treatment.
Zampino R, Coppola N, Sagnelli C, et al
World J Hepatol
. 2015 Sep 28;7(21):2323-30.
Paper

Multicenter study on the discontinuation and efficacy of chronic hepatitis C treatment in the Spanish penitentiary population (EPIBAND study).
Juan JD, de la Hoya PS, Marco A,  et al
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Jul 29.
Abstract

The progression of liver fibrosis in prison inmates co-infected by HIV and HCV who started on boosted protease inhibitor therapy.
Saiz de la Hoya Zamácola P, Alía Alía C, et al
Rev Esp Sanid Penit. 2013 Oct;15(2):54-62.
Abstract

FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Impact of new therapeutics for hepatitis C virus infection in incarcerated populations.
Spaulding AS, Kim AY, Harzke AJ,
Top Antivir Med. 2013 Feb-Mar;21(1):27-35
Paper

High prevalence of late relapse and reinfection in prisoners treated for chronic hepatitis C.
Bate JP, Colman AJ, Frost PJ,
et al  
J Gastroenterol Hepatol
. 2010 Jul;25(7):1276-1280
Abstract

New opportunities for the management and therapy of hepatitis C in correctional settings.
Martin CK, Hostetter JE, Hagan JJ.

 Am J Public Health
. 2010 Jan;100(1):13-7.
Abstract


Drugs
 

 

Peginterferon alfa-2b
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Treatment Outcomes With Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin for Male Prisoners With Chronic Hepatitis C.
Chew KW, Allen SA, Taylor LE, Rich JD, Feller E.

J Clin Gastroenterol
. 2009 Mar 17.
Abstract
 
Interferon alfa-2b

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

  Interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin: new indication. In children: more risks than in adults.
[No authors listed 
Prescrire Int. 2007 Apr;16(88):63-5.
Abstract
 
Sofosbuvir
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Sofosbuvir-based treatment regimens for chronic, genotype 1 hepatitis C virus infection in u.s. Incarcerated populations: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
Liu S, Watcha D, Holodniy M, et al
Ann Intern Med. 2014 Oct 21;161(8):546-53.
Abstract
 


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