Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and syphilis among prison inmates and officers at Nsawam and Accra, Ghana

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 593-597

  Adjei, Andrew A ^a   Armah, Henry B ^a,b   Gbagbo, Foster ^a   Ampofo, William K ^c   Quaye, Isaac K E ^a   Hesse, Ian F A ^a   Mensah, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; PHENCYCLIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TATTOO; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 33646266001     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46414-0     Document Type: Article

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