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  Sexually Transmitted Infections and Other Health Conditions of Women Entering
Prison in Georgia, 1998-1999.
de Ravello L, Brantley MD, Lamarre M 
Sex Transm Dis. 2005 Apr;32(4):247-251.
 Abstract
High-Risk Behaviors
 

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Self-reported anal sex practice and sexual risk-taking after marijuana use among a sample
of Georgia inmates.
Stephens TT, Sprauve NE.  
Int J STD AIDS. 2006 Jul;17(7):463-6.
 Abstract
 
Use of protective barriers and unprotected sex among adult male prison inmates prior to
incarceration.
Braithwaite R, Stephens T. 
Int J STD AIDS. 2005 Mar;16(3):224-6.
Abstract

Transsexual orientation in HIV risk behaviours in an adult male prison.
Braithwaite RL; Cozza S; Stephens T.
Int J STD AIDS; 10(1): 28-31. 1999 Jan I
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HBV
 

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  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus in Correctional Facilities --- Georgia, January
1999--June 2002
CDC
MMWR   August 6, 2004 /53(30);678-681
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HCV
 

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  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Georgia DOC Medical Direct Lays Out HCV Treatment Costs
 Positive Populations Vol 6 No2
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HIV
 

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FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 HIV Transmission Among Male Inmates in a State Prison System --- Georgia, 1992--2005
CDC
MMWR April 21, 2006 / 55(15);421-426
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Short-term Impact of an HIV Risk Reduction Intervention for Soon-to-be Released
Inmates in Georgia.
Braithwaite RL, Stephens TT, Treadwell HM, 
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2005 Nov;16(4):130-9.
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Staph Infection
 

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  Intervention to reduce the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin
infections in a correctional facility in Georgia.
Wootton SH, Arnold K, Hill HA,
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 May;25(5):402-7
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Correctional Facilities ---
Georgia, California, and Texas, 2001--2003
 CDC
MMWR October 17, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 4z
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Tuberculosis
 

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  Persistence of a strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a prison system.
Ijaz K, Yang Z, Templeton G 
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2004 Aug;8(8):994-1000
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