Incidence of AIDS cases in Spanish penal facilities through the capture-recapture method, 2000

E Acin; P. Gomez; P. Hernando; I Corella

doi:10.2807/esm.08.09.00426-en

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Incidence of AIDS cases in Spanish penal facilities through the capture-recapture method, 2000
E Acin¹ , P. Gomez¹ , P. Hernando¹ , I Corella¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Subdireccion General de Sanidad Penitenciaria, Madrid, Spain

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Citation style for this article: Acin E, Gomez P., Hernando P., Corella I. Incidence of AIDS cases in Spanish penal facilities through the capture-recapture method, 2000. Euro Surveill. 2003;8(9):pii=426. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.08.09.00426-en

Abstract

Three available sources of information used in the surveillance of AIDS in Spanish prisons were used to carry out a capture-recapture study. Results showed the register of AIDS cases (RCS) considerably underestimates the incidence of this disease in prisons as it covers only 50% of cases. This study highlights the need to use additional sources to the RCS to evaluate the real incidence of AIDS in prisons in Spain.