Erratum
for Macalino et al., Am J Public Health 94 (7) 1218-1223.
November 2004, Vol 94, No. 11 | American Journal of Public Health 1847
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ERRATUM
In: Macalino GE, Vlahov D, Sanford-Colby S, Patel S, Sabin K, Salas C, Rich JD. Prevalence and incidence of HIV, Hepatitis B virus, and Hepatitis C virus infections among males in Rhode Island prisons. Am J Public Health. 2004;94:12181223.
Data were incorrectly presented in a table . In TABLE 3: Incidence of Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Male Prisoners, Stratified by Intake Characteristics: Rhode Island, 19982000 on page 1222, the number of prisoners that reported injection drug use and the number that didnt report injection drug use were reversed. The corrected rows are (corrected numbers in boldface type):
| Variable |
n |
No. Positive |
Person-Years |
Incidence Ratea (95% Confidence Interval) |
Rate Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) |
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| Hepatitis C virus infection |
| Injection drug useb |
| Yes |
11 |
1 |
18.2 |
5.5 (0.14, 30.65) |
18.3 (3.13, 119.81) |
| No |
217 |
1 |
352.7 |
0.3 (0.01, 1.67) |
1.0 |
|
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| aIncidence rate per 100 person-years. |
| bValues do not add up to total owing to missing data. |
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