Method used to identify previously undiagnosed infections in the HIV outbreak at Glenochil prison

Four years after the occurrence of an outbreak of hepatitis B and HIV infection among injecting drug user inmates at Her Majesty's Prison Glenochil in Scotland, a study design was developed to complete the epidemiological account of the HIV outbreak. Our aim was to identify potential cases of (...

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Published in:Epidemiology and infection 1999-10, Vol.123 (2), p.271-275
Main Authors: HUTCHINSON, S. J., GORE, S. M., GOLDBERG, D. J., YIRRELL, D. L., MCGREGOR, J., BIRD, A. G., LEIGH-BROWN, A. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
AIDS/HIV
Antibodies
Biological and medical sciences
British Isles, Scotland
Confidentiality
Criminal punishment
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Outbreaks
Epidemiology
Family names
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Given names
HIV
HIV infections
HIV Infections - diagnosis
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Seropositivity
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infection control
Infections
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Microbiology
Prisoners
Prisons
Prisons - statistics & numerical data
Scotland - epidemiology
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
Virology
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Summary:Four years after the occurrence of an outbreak of hepatitis B and HIV infection among injecting drug user inmates at Her Majesty's Prison Glenochil in Scotland, a study design was developed to complete the epidemiological account of the HIV outbreak. Our aim was to identify potential cases of (1) HIV transmission not diagnosed during the original outbreak investigation and (2) the source(s) of the outbreak. Scotland's HIV positive case register was searched for matches to a soundexed list of 636 Glenochil inmates imprisoned during January–June 1993. Eight HIV infections that may have been acquired in Glenochil and four possible sources of the outbreak were identified. The second stage of follow-up – molecular epidemiological techniques used on stored sera samples from identified individuals – is described in the companion paper. Without breach of medical or prisoner confidentiality, indirect and anonymous follow-up has proved possible for the Glenochil inmates.
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268899002836