Prevalence and Correlates of Hepatitis C Infection among Male Injection Drug Users in Detention, Tehran, Iran

摘要: For the benefit of planning for future care and treatment people infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) to help guide prevention control programs, data are needed on HCV seroprevalence associated risk factors. We conducted a cross-sectional sero-behavioral survey injection drug users (IDU) detained mandatory rehabilitation during police sweep Tehran, Iran, in early 2006. During study period, consecutive sample comprising 454 499 (91.0%) men arrested determined be IDU by urine test physical examination consented face-to-face interview blood collection antibody testing. Overall, prevalence was 80.0% (95% confidence interval (CI) 76.2–83.6). Factors independently infection included history incarceration (adjusted OR 4.35, 95% CI 1.88–10.08), age first ≤25 years (OR 2.72, 1.09–6.82), tattooing 2.33, 1.05–5.17). this population upon intake jail extremely high possibly approaching saturation. Findings support that is contributing increased spread Iran calls urgent availability treatment, long-term preparation complications chronic infection, rapid scale-up programs primary parenterally transmitted infections among users.