The global and regional prevalence of hepatitis C and B co-infections among prisoners living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Infectious diseases of poverty Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 1 - 93
• Main Authors: Ahmadi Gharaei, Hasan, Fararouei, Mohammad, Mirzazadeh, Ali, Sharifnia, Golnaz, Rohani-Rasaf, Marzieh, Bastam, Dariush, Rahimi, Jamileh, kouhestani, Mostafa, Rezaian, Shahab, Dianatinasab, Mostafa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 01.07.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: AIDS; Analysis; Health aspects; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus; HIV; HIV (Viruses); Human immunodeficiency virus; Human rights; Infection; Infections; Injection; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Meta-analysis; Mortality; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Prisoners; Prisons; Public health; Regression analysis; Scoping Review; Software; Systematic review; Viruses; Australia; Europe; Africa

Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are common among individuals with human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection worldwide. In this study, we did a systematic review and meta-analysis of the published literature to estimate the global and regional prevalence...