. 2008 May 21;5:17. doi: 10.1186/1477-7517-5-17

Table 1.

Access to care and HIV, HBV and HCV status at prison entry and during prison stay.

	Mouquet	Mouquet	Remy	Remy	Drassif
	1997 (%)	2003 (%)	2000 (%)	2003 (%)	2005 (%)
	135 prisons Incoming inmates*	134 prisons Incoming inmates*	85 prisons 27 245 inmates**	88 prisons 31215 inmates**	8 prisons Incoming inmates***
HCV positive test	4.4^a	4.2^a	6.3^b	6.9^b	5.9 ^b
% of inmates screened	20	27	ND	ND	38
HBV positive test	2.3^a	0.8^a			3.4 ^b
% of inmates screened	25	20			37
HIV positive test	1.6^a	1.1^a			0.6 ^b
% of inmates screened	46	40			41
HAART at prison entry	0.8	0.5			1.4
HCV treatment (total number/1 year)			164	297	171

*study period : from 2 weeks to 3 months depending of the size of the prison

** cross-sectional study

***study period : 2005

^aself-reported serostatus among those who reported to have had already been screened

^bpositive test