title: [Prisons and HIV. A review of HIV epidemics in 4 prisons in the Oslo area].
abstract: It is very likely that the degree of HIV-seropositive prevalence in prisons reflects the HIV epidemic among drug users outside prisons. A thorough epidemiologic survey among prisoners is therefore important. 23% of all known HIV-positive male drug users in Norway have been diagnosed at Oslo Kretsfengsel. The minimum seroprevalence of HIV among the drug users in this prison is 10%. Of the persons detained in Oslo Kretsfengsel who were tested two times or more during their term of imprisonment in 1987 and 1988, none seroconverted.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skogstad
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway; D011330:Prisons
vernacular_title: Fengsel og HIV. En oversikt over HIV-epidemien i fire fengsler i Oslo-området.