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The purpose of this paper is to determine the prevalence of HBV and HCV, and also provide information for prisoners in this respect.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This study included 180 prisoners from the Buca F-Type Closed Prison, and 180 prisoners from the Fo\u00e7a Open Prison in Turkey. After the training seminars, serum levels of HBsAg, anti HBs, anti HBc total and anti HCV in the prisoners were assessed using the MICROELISA method.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>All the prisoners were male. The mean age was 40(21\u201373) years. According to the results of 360 prisoners from both prisons, 17 (4.7 percent) prisoners were HBsAg positive and were diagnosed as HBV. Isolated anti HBs was positive in 33 (9.1 percent) prisoners who had been previously vaccinated. In 25 (6.9 percent) prisoners isolated Anti HBc total was positive, and in 61 (16.9 percent) prisoners both Anti HBs and Anti HBc total was positive in those who were considered to be recovered from the HBV. Anti HCV was positive in 2 (0.5 percent) prisoners; the process was repeated twice, and found to be repeatedly positive. Coinfection of HBV and HCV was not detected.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>In this study, the prevalence of HBV and HCV was determined to be similar to those in the normal population. However, it is not expedient to generalize this result and apply it to all prisons. For the sake of public health, prisons should be scanned for infectious diseases, and vaccinations must be applied as necessary, in order to provide protection.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>It is a study to determine the prevalence of HBV and HCV in the prisoner population, which constitute one of the risk groups because of the communal lifestyle (common use of some tools such as the razor blade, tattoo applications, intravenous drug use and homosexual intercourse), and to compare the results with other groups in Turkey and globally.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/ijph-01-2018-0004","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,1]],"date-time":"2019-03-01T03:29:13Z","timestamp":1551410953000},"page":"162-167","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in prisons: a prevalence study"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Sukran","family":"Kose","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pelin","family":"Adar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ayhan","family":"Gozaydin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lutfiye","family":"Kuzucu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gulgun","family":"Akkoclu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"key2020092312004958700_ref001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"593","DOI":"10.1099\/jmm.0.46414-0","article-title":"Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and syphilis among prison intimates and officers at Nsawam and Accra, Ghana","volume":"55","year":"2006","journal-title":"Journal of Medical Microbiology"},{"key":"key2020092312004958700_ref002","article-title":"Hepatitis B and C prevalence in convicts in Afyon prison","year":"2000"},{"issue":"3","key":"key2020092312004958700_ref003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"311","DOI":"10.1002\/jmv.20375","article-title":"Correlates of HIV and HBV, and HCV infections in a prison inmate population: results from a multicentre study in Italy","volume":"76","year":"2005","journal-title":"Journal of Medical Virology"},{"issue":"6","key":"key2020092312004958700_ref004","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"524","DOI":"10.1089\/aid.2016.0271","article-title":"Burden of HIV, Syphilis, and hepatitis B and C among Inmates in a prison state system in Mexico","volume":"33","year":"2017","journal-title":"AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses"},{"issue":"6","key":"key2020092312004958700_ref005","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1264","DOI":"10.1053\/j.gastro.2011.12.061","article-title":"Epidemiology of viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma","volume":"142","year":"2012","journal-title":"Gastroenterology"},{"key":"key2020092312004958700_ref006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"79","DOI":"10.1186\/s12879-018-2988-x","article-title":"Hepatitis B\/C in the countries of the EU\/EEA: a systematic review of the prevalence among at-risk groups","volume":"18","year":"2018","journal-title":"BMC Infectious Diseases"},{"key":"key2020092312004958700_ref007","unstructured":"G\u00fcrel, S. 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