Prevalence of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and hepatitis; in a prison of Balochistan: a cross-sectional survey

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 1631 - 8
• Main Authors: Wali, Ahmad, Khan, Dawood, Safdar, Nauman, Shawani, Zeenat, Fatima, Razia, Yaqoob, Aashifa, Qadir, Aurangzeb, Ahmed, Sultan, Rashid, Hamayun, Ahmed, Bashir, Khan, Shereen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 04.12.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - epidemiology; Adult; AIDS; Antiretroviral therapy; Communicable diseases; Comorbidity; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diagnostic software; Diagnostic systems; Digital computers; Disease transmission; Female; Health aspects; Health screening; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B - epidemiology; Hepatitis C - epidemiology; Hepatitis C Antibodies - blood; HIV; HIV Infections - epidemiology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infectious diseases; Informed consent; Male; Mass Screening - organization & administration; Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data; Medical tests; Middle Aged; Morbidity; Pakistan - epidemiology; Polls & surveys; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Prison; Prisoners; Prisoners - statistics & numerical data; Prisons; Prisons - statistics & numerical data; Protocol (computers); Screening; Serology; Sputum; Sputum - microbiology; Surveys; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis - epidemiology; Viruses; Young Adult; Pakistan; Baluchistan Pakistan; Prison; Hepatitis; Screening; Prevalence; Tuberculosis; CAD4TB; HIV; Active-case-finding

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis, and Tuberculosis (TB) are three primary communicable infections have the likely potential to cause severe morbidity in prison settings. The prison has the most favorable environment for the transmission of infections. We conducted this survey to determi...