title: [Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in closed communities and risk behaviour].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in closed communities and the relations between the risk behavior and VHB infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this study we included persons deprived of personal freedom at Bacau Correctional Facility. The subjects filled out a questionnaire, which contained identification and epidemiologic data (detention history, evaluation of the risk factors), as well as an informed consent. All subjects were tested for HBsAg.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to the performed tests, the general prevalence of hepatitis B and C in this correctional facility was 15.34%, with a prevalence of hepatitis B of 10.74%. Although these figures show a higher prevalence in this population than within the general population, they are lower than the figures reported in correctional facilities from other countries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results confirm the fact that the population in correctional facilities is at high risk for hepatitis B infection, the ways of disease transmission being already known (infected blood, injected drugs, tattooing, homosexual relationships).
authors.affiliation: Universităţii de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa Iaşi, Penitenciarul Bacău.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nazare
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gîrleanu
authors.forename: Camelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cojocariu-Salloum
authors.forename: Anca
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trifan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011329:Prisoners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011330:Prisons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013653:Tattooing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens