HIV transmission in a state prison system, 1988-2005.

INTRODUCTION: HIV prevalence among state prison inmates in the United States is more than five times higher than among nonincarcerated persons, but HIV transmission within U.S. prisons is sparsely documented. We investigated 88 HIV seroconversions reported from 1988-2005 among male Georgia prison in...

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Main Authors: Krishna Jafa, Peter McElroy, Lisa Fitzpatrick, Craig B Borkowf, Robin Macgowan, Andrew Margolis, Ken Robbins, Ae Saekhou Youngpairoj, Dale Stratford, Alan Greenberg, Jennifer Taussig, R Luke Shouse, Madeleine Lamarre, Eleanor McLellan-Lemal, Walid Heneine, Patrick S Sullivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2672174?pdf=render