Capoccia A, Ranieri R, Busnelli M, Passaretti B, Milella A M, Vecchi L
Servizio Sanitario, Casa Circondariale di Monza.
Minerva Med. 1991 Mar;82(3):125-30.
Prisoners are considered to be a high risk population for HIV and HBV infection. Aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HIV, HBV infection and of the VDRL false positivity by performing screening tests in 496 prisoners of Monza in 1987. About a third of prisoners was HIV infected (with a high prevalence in drug addicts) and about a half had a contact with HBV virus. We observed a very common association between HIV and HBV infections. About ten per cent of HIV infected presented a false positivity for VDRL while one per cent of not infected did. Our data show that in Italian prison HIV and HBV infections are spreadly diffused. False positivity for VDRL may be due not only to drug addiction but also to the immunological variations connected with AIDS.
囚犯被视为感染艾滋病毒和乙肝病毒的高危人群。本研究的目的是通过对1987年蒙扎的496名囚犯进行筛查测试，来确定艾滋病毒、乙肝病毒感染率以及性病研究实验室（VDRL）假阳性率。约三分之一的囚犯感染了艾滋病毒（吸毒者中的感染率很高），约一半的人与乙肝病毒有过接触。我们观察到艾滋病毒和乙肝病毒感染之间存在非常普遍的关联。约10%感染艾滋病毒的人VDRL呈假阳性，而未感染的人中这一比例为1%。我们的数据表明，在意大利监狱中，艾滋病毒和乙肝病毒感染广泛传播。VDRL假阳性可能不仅归因于吸毒成瘾，还归因于与艾滋病相关的免疫变化。
