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HIV prevalence among prison inmates in a central prison in southern Malawi, 2005

C Chimphambano DipMedLab  ¹   O O Komolafe DVM PhD  ²   A S Muula MBBS MPH  ³

¹ College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Zomba;; Departments of ² Microbiology; ³ and, Community Health, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

Correspondence to: Dr Adamson S Muula, 529 Hillsborough Street, H7, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA muula{at}email.unc.ed

A cross-sectional study of 164 prison inmates (142 men [86.6%] and 22 women [13.4%]) in Malawi estimated a HIV prevalence rate of 36.6%; 29.9% among men and 50% among women. Three (2.1%) men reported having sex with men, and none reported intravenous drug use.

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