Seroprevalence of HIV, hepatitis B and C and syphilis infection in prisoners of the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Soroprevalência de infecção pelo HIV, hepatites B e C e sífilis em presidiários da região central do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Mundo Saúde (Online); 43 (1), 2019
Publication year: 2019
The living conditions of the prison population favors the spread of often asymptomatic infectious diseases which can be taken to the community. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of syphilis, HIV, hepatitis B and C, as well as possible co-infections among prison inmates in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul. We conducted a cross-sectional study of records of serological analyses of the Regional Prison of Santa Cruz do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) performed between January 2016 and June 2017. Data were obtained from files of the 13th Regional Laboratory of Santa Cruz do Sul.
We included in the study all serological records obtained regarding the following diseases:
syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C. We analyzed data from 349 convicts with the mean age of 31 (± 8.56) years, ranging from 18 to 59 years, with the predominance of males 86%.Positive results:
6% for syphilis, 4.9% for HIV, and 8.3% for hepatitis C. Regarding hepatitis B the data obtained were 86% of subjects were susceptible to the virus, 1.1% were in the acute phase, 1.4% in chronic phase, 5.7% with past infection and 2.2% in immunological window period. Co-infections detected were: 0.3% (n = 1) syphilis/hepatitis C, 0.6% (n = 2) HIV/ hepatitis B, and 0.9% (n = 3) HIV/hepatitis C and HIV/syphilis. The prison environment provides data from a population at high risk for spread of infectious diseases and we found a high prevalence in this study. Combative measures such as information, identification and treatment are urgent to prevent the spread of these diseases
As condições de vida da população prisional favorecem a disseminação de doenças infecciosas muitas vezes assintomáticas que podem ser disseminadas à comunidade. O objetivo desse trabalho foi estimar a prevalência de sífilis, HIV, hepatite B e C, bem como possíveis co-infecções em população prisional de presídio na região central do Rio Grande do Sul. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo transversal dos registros de análises sorológicas de apenados do Presídio Regional de Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, realizadas entre janeiro de 2016 e junho de 2017. Os dados foram obtidos dos registros do 13º Laboratório Regional de Santa Cruz do Sul.