| prevalence and risk of blood-borne and sexually transmitted viral infections in incarcerated youth in salvador, brazil: opportunity and obligation for intervention. | to determine the prevalence of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections among incarcerated adolescents in salvador, brazil, we interviewed 300 incarcerated youth aged 11-18 years to participate in a physical examination and to provide a blood sample to test for hiv-1, hepatitis b and c viruses exposure, human t-cells lymphotrophic virus, and syphilis. overall prevalence was anti-hiv, 0.34%; anti-hbc, 11.1%; hbsag, 2.4%; anti-hcv, 6.4%; htlv, 1.09%; and syphilis, 3.4%. the majority (86.3%) ... | 2008 | 18500658 |