A HEPATITE C NOS PRESIDIÁRIOS E NOS USUÁRIOS DE DROGAS ILÍCITAS

A HEPATITE C NOS PRESIDIÁRIOS E NOS USUÁRIOS DE DROGAS ILÍCITAS

• Autor
• Mateus Laurito Drighetti
• Co-autores
• Everton de Brito Oliveira Costa , Matheus Ribeiro Borges Miguel Nagib , Taiana Ribeiro , Vicente Marobi Safioti
• Resumo

• HEPATITES C IN PRISIONERS AND DRUG USERS

  INTRODUCTION: Hepatites C is a hepatic disease commonly caused by the Hepatitis C Virus and can result in a severe liver cell injury. METERIAL AND METHODS: This study is based on bibliographic revision on data bases such as Bireme, Medline and Scielo. RESULTS: We aimed to discuss the epidemiology of HCV among jail and drug addict population through a literature review, which showed that the incidence and prevalence of this disease can be higher than ten times when compared to general population (0,7% for general population, 1,4% for drug addicts and 16,2% for Brazilian inmates). DISCUSSION: Transmission, prevention and treatment were also analyzed and demonstrated difficulties related to prophylaxis adhesion and adverse reactions by pharmacological treatments. CONCLUSION: Overall, particular and urgent attention to this population are crucial to implement effective prophylactic actions, trying to avoid the need of pharmacological treatment which commonly present severe adverse effects.

  KEY WORDS: Hepatites C, HCV, epidemiology, jail and illicit drugs users.

• Palavras-chave
• Hepatite C, HCV, epidemiologia, presidiários e drogas ilícitas.
• Área Temática
• Saúde Coletiva

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