Abstract Background The Brazilian response towards AIDS epidemic is well known, but the
absence of a systematic review of vulnerable populations─ men who have sex with men …

Prisons and other closed facilities create opportunities for transmission of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and viral hepatitis during detention and after release. We …

[198] p.: graphs, maps, tablesThe 2013 report on the global AIDS epidemic contains the
latest data on numbers of new HIV infections, numbers of people receiving antiretroviral …

Background Prior studies have reported higher HIV prevalence among prisoners than the
general population in Brazil, but data have been derived from single prisons. The aim of this …

Background Despite young people being a key population for HIV prevention, the HIV
epidemic amongst young Brazilians is perceived to be growing. We therefore reviewed all …

Purpose This study aims to compare the global prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV,
and tuberculosis in incarcerated adolescents and young adults (AYAs) and older prisoners …

Given the importance of the control of sexually transmitted infections in the general
population and specifically in the prison system, we rolled out this cross-sectional study in …

We studied the prevalence of HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus
(HCV) infection and associated risk behaviors in the prison state system of Guanajuato …

O objetivo do estudo foi analisar quantitativamente resultados de testes rápidos de vírus da
imunodeficiência humana (HIV), sífilis e hepatites crônicas na população carcerária em …

SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem and an important cause of
infectious disease-related death in young adults. TB rates are higher in vulnerable …