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. 2018 Apr 10;40(1):105–120. doi: 10.1093/epirev/mxy001

Table 1.

Summary of Results of the Included Studies Reporting on Active Case Finding for Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus, 1990–February 2016a

First Author, Year (Reference No.) Region Testing Modality Hepatitis B Virus Hepatitis C Virus HIV
Uptake, % Positivity Rate, % Positivity Rate of Newly Diagnosed Infections, % Uptake, % Positivity Rate, % Positivity Rate of Newly Diagnosed Infections, % Uptake, % Positivity Rate, % Positivity Rate of Newly Diagnosed Infections, %
Foschi, 2015 (43) EU/EEA At entry; opt in 91.5 6.6 91.5 9.8
Gabbuti, 2015 (unpublished datab) EU/EEA At entry; opt in 95.0 8.1 82.3 28.2
Rumble, 2015 (citing Horne, 2004) (13) EU/EEA At entry; opt in 12.0 12.0
Jacomet, 2016 (44) EU/EEA At entry; opt in 91.3 0.6 0.3 89.9 4.7 2.0 91.3 0.3 0
Kivimets, 2014 (48) EU/EEA At entry; opt in 97.3 12.5 1.8
Rumble, 2015 (citing Skipper, 2003) (13) EU/EEA At entry; opt in 9.0 29.9
Rumble, 2015 (citing Andrus, 1998) (13) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in 65.0 0.9
Arriola, 2001 (46) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in NR 17.0 7.0
Beckwith, 2015 (42) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in 26.0 10.0 95.0 0.0
Rumble, 2015 (citing Behrendt, 1994) (13) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in 47.0 5.4
Rumble, 2015 (citing Cotton, 1999) (13) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in 71.0 2.5
Rumble, 2015 (citing Hoxie 1990) (13) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in 71.0 0.6
Kassira, 2001 (47) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in 39.0 3.3
Kim, 2013 (45) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in 80.7 25.4
Kuncio, 2015 (11) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in NR 57.0
Rumble, 2015 (citing Liddicoat, 2006) (13) Non EU/EEA At entry; opt in 73.0 0.3
Macgowan, 2009 (49) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in 6.0 1.3 0.8
Pearson, 2014 (36) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in 53.0 NR
Rosen, 2009 (53) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in 34.0 NR
Shrestha, 2009 (50) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in NR 2.4 1.3
Spaulding, 2015 (51) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in 38.4 1.1
Rumble, 2015 (citing Strick, 2011) (13) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in 72.0 NR 0.1
Tartaro, 2013 (52) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in 50.0 3.0 0.1
Rumble, 2015 (citing Watkins, 2009) (13) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt in NR 24.8 NR 0.6
Rumble, 2015 (citing Beckwith, 2010) (13) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt out NR NR 0.2
Rumble, 2015 (citing Beckwith, 2011) (13) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt out 98.0 NR 0.1
Rumble, 2015 (citing Kavasery, 2009a) (13) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt out 91.0 NR 0.0
Rumble, 2015 (citing Kavasery, 2009b) (13) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt out 70.0 NR 0.8
Rumble, 2015 (citing Spaulding, 2013) (13) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt out 64.0 NR 0.4
Rumble, 2015 (citing Strick, 2011) (13) Non–EU/EEA At entry; opt out 90.0 NR 0.1
Babudieri, 2008 (60) EU/EEA At entry and stay 63.5 10.8
Babudieri, 2012 (61) EU/EEA At entry and stay 56.3 5.6
Babudieri, 2015 (62) EU/EEA At entry and stay 83.8 3.9
Foschi, 2015 (43) EU/EEA At entry and stay 91.5 3.2
Gallego, 2010 (64) EU/EEA At entry and stay 82.5 9.9
Khaw, 2007 (69) EU/EEA At entry and stay 63.3 36.8
Lugo, 2012 (65) EU/EEA At entry and stay NR 10.9
Marco, 2014 (66) EU/EEA At entry and stay NR 1.0
Monarca, 2002 (67) EU/EEA At entry and stay NR 26.6
Prestileo, 2006 (68) EU/EEA At entry and stay NR 35.4
Cocoros, 2014 (63) Non–EU/EEA At entry and stay 21.9 20.5 26.4 0.8
Babudieri, 2012 (61) EU/EEA During stay 56.3 5.3 56.3 32.8
Babudieri, 2015 (62) EU/EEA During stay 83.8 4.7 83.8 17.6
Bedoya, 2014 (74) EU/EEA During stay NR 13.2
Kivimets, 2014 (48) EU/EEA During stay 96.0 0.1
Sagnelli, 2012 (75) EU/EEA During stay 65.3 4.4 64.6 22.8 67.4 3.8
Jacomet, 2016 (44) EU/EEA At release 4.2 0.0
Sieck, 2011 (83) Non–EU/EEA At release NR 0.5 NR 1.7 NR 0.1
Simonsen, 2015 (84) Non–EU/EEA At release 60.0 0.3

Abbreviations: EEA, European Economic Area; EU, European Union; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; NR, not reported.

a The date range was 1980–February 2016 for the Cochrane Database.

b A. Gabbuti, Istituti Penitenziari di Firenze, unpublished data, 2015.