HIV-1 infection in the correctional setting.
The correctional setting provides an opportunity to serve IV drug users who might otherwise be difficult to access. Interventions--including education, counseling, treatment for HIV-1 infection, and treatment for drug abuse--conducted in the correctional setting could have benefits for individual inmates and the surrounding community.
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Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.
D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D011330:Prisons