Seroconversion to Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Prison Inmates

• NCJ Number: 120371
• Author(s): R Horsburgh Jr; J Q Jarvis; T McArthur; T Ignacio; P Stock
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 11 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The prevalence and incidence of HIV infection in 3,837 inmates of the Nevada State prison system are evaluated with drug use cited as the major risk behavior.

Abstract

Ninety-two (2.4 percent) were HIV-seropositive. HIV- seropositive inmates were more likely than seronegative inmates to be nonwhite, female, and 30 years of age or older. HIV-seropositivity of entering inmates was also 2.4 percent and was unchanged over the three years of the study. Seroconversion occurred in two inmates while in prison, a rate of one conversion per 604 person-years, but HIV infection could have occurred before entry. Seroconversion to HIV was rare in inmates in this correctional facility. 10 references and 3 tables. (Author abstract modified)