Hepatitis delta is a public health concern in the community setting: The role of prison health care units in limiting the spread of infection in general population

Titolo Rivista MISSION
Autori/Curatori Felice Alfonso Nava, Giulia Bassetti, Marco Cristofoletti, Massimo Fornaini, Raffaele Geraci, Marina Paties, Carlo Poggi, Stefano Tolio, Claudio Pilerci
Anno di pubblicazione 2022 Fascicolo 2020/56
Lingua Inglese Numero pagine 4 P. 43-46 Dimensione file 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/mis56-2020oa12975
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Hepatitis D virus (HDV) is a public health concern for its severe medical consequences. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the prevalence of the main infectious disease between the detainees of the Veneto Region. The study consisted of a survey carried between the heads of the prison healthcare staff. The data showed that on 2,119 detainees the prevalence of hepatitis B (HBV) is the 6% and that the most relevant prevalence of HBV was revealed in the East Europe detainees (Ex USSR countries, Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia), being the 39% of all HBcAb positive subjects. The survey also revealed as the population less protected by HVB vaccination was that comes from East Europe. Moreover, the study indicates that hepatitis D diagnosis is not well known by clinician working inside prisons and that it should be improved through specific diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Our data indicate that the prison setting may play an important and crucial role in term of public health both in intercepting patients that need of treatment and in preventing actions able to minimize the risk of infection. In prison settings screening, linkage to care and harm reduction measures should be improved in order to protect the general population from the impact of the emerging infectious diseases, including HDV.

Parole chiave:Hepatitis D virus (HDV), Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Prison, Harm reduction

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Felice Alfonso Nava, Giulia Bassetti, Marco Cristofoletti, Massimo Fornaini, Raffaele Geraci, Marina Paties, Carlo Poggi, Stefano Tolio, Claudio Pilerci, Hepatitis delta is a public health concern in the community setting: The role of prison health care units in limiting the spread of infection in general population in "MISSION" 56/2020, pp 43-46, DOI: 10.3280/mis56-2020oa12975