[Detection of HCV infection among clients of an anonymous testing center for HIV infection].
The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors for HCV infection among clients of the centre of anonymous testing for HIV infection. Two hundred and eleven clients of anonymous testing centre for HIV infection in Białystok were additionally tested for anti-HCV antibodies and the relationship between HCV infection and risk factors was analysed Main observations: Anti-HCV were detected in 6/211 individuals (2,4%). Increased risk of HCV infection was observed among intravenous drug users, unemployed, residents of other woiewodships (administrative regions), and in those who had been tested for HIV infection in the past. Centres for anonymous testing for HIV infection is also a feasible place for screening for HCV infection. It is reasonable to limit testing for HCV to patients with risk factors
Chlabicz
Slawomir
S
Zakład Medycyny Rodzinnej i Pielegniarstwa Srodowiskowego Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku, Białystok. schlabicz@poczta.onet.pl
Rogowska-Szadkowska
Dorota
D
Sokolowska
Marianna
M
Bułhak
Violetta
V
Ostaszewska-Puchalska
Iwona
I
Pytel-Krolczuk
Barbara
B
Puciło
Katarzyna
K
D000328:Adult; D035041:Anonymous Testing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000592:standards; D012307:Risk Factors
D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies