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A questionnaire containing demographic information and risk factors was distributed to the inmates and they were asked complete them. High-risk individuals were selected and a blood sample was taken and tested. Data were collected and analyzed by SPSS18 software. Results: Out of 2215 prisoners, 1238 people had at least one risk factor, of whom 408 individuals were selected by random sampling. One hundred inmates were positive for anti-HCV antibody, yielding a prevalence of 24.5% (95% CI: 20.4%\u201328.7%) of whom 42.6% were people who injected drugs and 4 cases were found positive for the hepatitis B surface antigen, yielding a 1% prevalence (95% CI, 0.2%\u20132%.). A history of injecting drug use (OR 4.28, 95% CI: 2.55\u20137.17), and previous history of imprisonment (OR 2.94, 95% CI: 1.34\u20136.53) had association with HCV infection. Conclusion: The present study shows that hepatitis C is prevalent in prisons and preventive and screening programs should be implemented with necessary training for inmates. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.34172\/aim.2021.113","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,24]],"date-time":"2021-11-24T07:00:02Z","timestamp":1637737202000},"page":"765-770","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34172\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C Virus among Prisoners in Lakan Prison, North of Iran, Is There Still a Concern?"],"prefix":"10.34172","volume":"24","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4896-6248","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Zahra","family":"Mohtasham-Amiri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Preventive and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran"},{"name":"Guilan Road Trauma Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9585-6594","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Seyed Mahmoud","family":"Rezvani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CDC Department, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Farhad","family":"Ashoori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"General Physician, Health Center of Lakan Prison, Rasht, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mohsen","family":"Behboodi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"General Physician, Health Center of Lakan Prison, Rasht, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hasan","family":"Toosi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Behavioral Consultant Center, Rasht Health Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5685-6866","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Reza","family":"Jafari-Shakib","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran"},{"name":"Medical Biotechnology Research Center, School of Paramedicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"20123","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,1]]},"container-title":["Archives of Iranian Medicine"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/aimjournal.ir\/PDF\/aim-24-765.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/aimjournal.ir\/PDF\/aim-24-765.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,24]],"date-time":"2021-11-24T07:00:04Z","timestamp":1637737204000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/aimjournal.ir\/Article\/aim-18742"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,1]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"10","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34172\/aim.2021.113","relation":{},"ISSN":["1029-2977","1735-3947"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1029-2977","type":"print"},{"value":"1735-3947","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,1]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Academy of Medical Sciences of I.R. 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