| hepatitis b in prisons. | prisoners have been thought to be at high risk of contracting hepatitis b. prevalence studies throughout the world show a similar hepatitis b marker rate of 28 to 51%. seroconversion studies have shown a 0.8 to 1.4% incidence in male prisoners. these results are far less than the predicted 5 to 10% annual attack rate for a similar non-incarcerated population. cost considerations prevent universal vaccination of prisoners, but iv drug abusers and female prisoners seem to be at especially high ris ... | 1986 | 3814756 |