Does In-Person Visiting Affect the Number of COVID-19 Cases in Prisons?

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作者
Borges, Lysandro Pinto [1 ]
Martins, Aline Fagundes [2 ]
de Souza, Daniela Raguer Valadao [2 ]
de Rezende Neto, Jose Melquiades [2 ]
Santos, Aryanne Araujo [1 ]
Oliveira, Brenda Morais [1 ]
Matos, Igor Leonardo Santos [1 ]
da Invencao, Grazielly Bispo [1 ]
dos Santos, Kezia Alves [1 ]
Souza, Nicolas Alessandro Alves [1 ]
de Jesus, Pamela Chaves [1 ]
dos Santos, Cliomar Alves [3 ]
de Oliveira Goes, Marco Aurelio [4 ]
de Souza, Mercia Simone Feitosa [4 ]
de Carvalho Barreto, Ikaro Daniel [5 ]
Guimaraes, Adriana Gibara [1 ]
Quintans-Junior, Lucindo Jose [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Fed Sergipe, Dept Pharm, BR-49100000 Sao Cristovao, Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Sergipe, Dept Educ Hlth, BR-49400000 Lagarto, Brazil
[3] Sergipe Cent Publ Hlth Lab, BR-49015460 Aracaju, Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Sergipe, State Hlth Dept, BR-49060108 Aracaju, Brazil
[5] Univ Fed Pernambuco, Dept Stat, BR-50670901 Recife, PE, Brazil
来源
LIFE-BASEL | 2021年 / 11卷 / 11期
关键词
SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; prison; penitentiary; visit;
D O I
10.3390/life11111184
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Even with the current advances that have been made in regard to COVID-19, such as a better understanding of the disease and the steady growth in the number of vaccinated individuals, it remains a challenge for humanity. Dealing with the disease in prison settings has been particularly difficult. This study sought to discover whether in-person visiting affected the number of cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the penitentiaries in the state of Sergipe (Brazil). We conducted a two-phase study (when visiting was suspended and after it recommenced) in seven penitentiaries in Sergipe using immunochromatography and nasopharyngeal swab testing to evaluate whether visiting affects the number of COVID-19 cases. In the first phase (n = 778), 57.6% of inmates reported risk factors and 32.5% were positive for COVID-19 (18.9% IgM, 24.2% IgG, 1% antigen). In the second phase, 19.6% tested positive (13.9% IgM, 7.9% IgG, 0.2% antigen). The occurrence of positive cases of COVID-19 and positive results (IgM and IgG) were significantly higher in the first phase. In the second phase, 56.7% of inmates had received visits and 18.7% were positive for COVID-19 (14% IgM, 7% IgG). Among those who had not received visits, 20.9% tested positive (13.8% IgM, 9.2% IgG, 0.5% antigen). There was no significant difference in positive cases/results between inmates that had and had not received visits. These findings suggest that, under the conditions assessed, visiting does not seem to affect the number of COVID-19 cases in prisons and reinforces the importance of sanitary measures to control dissemination.
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