Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seroprevalence among Inmates of the Penitentiary Complex of the Region of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil

dc.creatorOsti, Neusa Maria
dc.creatorCastro, Antonio Fernando Pestana de
dc.creatorRicci, Lucila Costallat
dc.date1999-07-01
dc.date2014-07-16T20:38:03Z
dc.date2015-11-26T11:44:43Z
dc.date2014-07-16T20:38:03Z
dc.date2015-11-26T11:44:43Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-28T20:48:29Z
dc.date.available2018-03-28T20:48:29Z
dc.identifierMemórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde, v. 94, n. 4, p. 479-483, 1999.
dc.identifier0074-0276
dc.identifierS0074-02761999000400009
dc.identifier10.1590/S0074-02761999000400009
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02761999000400009
dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761999000400009
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/21591
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/21591
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1235671
dc.descriptionSix hundred and ninety three male inmates from three penitentiaries, two (A and B) maximum-security systems and one (C) minimum-security facility, located in Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil were studied for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies, using a cross-sectional design. The search for anti-HIV antibodies in 693 samples of sera collected was carried out by two serological tests: (a) the Microparticle enzyme immunoassay-HIV-1 and HIV-2 (MEIA) (Abbott Laboratories) and (b) the Western Blot-HIV-1 (WB) (Cambridge Biotech Corporation) to confirm positive results with MEIA. Sera reactivity for HIV antibodies was 14.4%. The highest frequency of anti-HIV antibodies was found in the A and B maximum-security prisons: 17% and 21.5%, respectively. In prison C, the frequency of reagents was 10.9%. Seventy three inmates, initially negative in the MEIA test, were checked again five and seven months later. Three of them, all from the maximum-security facilities, became reactive in the MEIA test, with confirmation in the WB, suggesting that serological conversion had occurred after imprisonment.
dc.description479
dc.description483
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
dc.relationMemórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
dc.rightsaberto
dc.sourceSciELO
dc.subjecthuman immunodeficiency virus seroprevalence
dc.subjectinmates
dc.subjectCampinas
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.titleHuman Immunodeficiency Virus Seroprevalence among Inmates of the Penitentiary Complex of the Region of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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