Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Am J Gastroenterol. 2018 Nov;113(11):1585-1587. doi: 10.1038/s41395-018-0201-x. Epub 2018 Jul 24.
Testing for and treating Hepatitis C (HCV) patients in the prison setting is effective in the short term to reducing the overall burden of HCV in the prison microenvironment, with growing evidence that such efforts could yield substantial overall benefits in the effort to eradicate HCV in society. However, rates of reinfection are as yet unknown.
在监狱环境中检测和治疗丙型肝炎(HCV)患者,从短期来看,可以有效地降低监狱微环境中 HCV 的总体负担,越来越多的证据表明,此类努力可能会为全社会消除 HCV 带来巨大的整体效益。然而,再感染率尚不清楚。