Canada: study provides further evidence of risk of hepatitis C and HIV transmission in prisons.
In 2002, as part of a larger injection drug use social network study undertaken in Winnipeg, a study was undertaken at Stony Mountain Institution to obtain data on the social network interactions in the prison and the potential role these interactions have on facilitating or inhibiting the spread of bloodborne pathogens among injection drug users. The study, although small in size and largely exploratory, provides further evidence of the risk of HCV and HIV transmission in prisons and its potential public health implications.
D002170:Canada; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D011330:Prisons; D012307:Risk Factors