 
February 25, 2009
Study: HIV-Positive Texas Prisoners Delay Treatment Once Released
A recent report found that most HIV-positive inmates in Texas delay treatment once they are released from prison, the Houston Chronicle reports.
According to the article, the study’s researchers are the first to track HIV-positive inmates once they are released. Researchers found that only 5.4 percent of the 2,115 HIV-positive prisoners that were studied filled their prescriptions within 10 days of release; 15.5 percent within 30 day; and 30 percent within 60 days.
The report emphasizes that delay in treatment causes a threat to public threat because it can lead to development of viral strains resistant to current medications. Former inmates who delay treatment also risk transmitting the virus and acquiring other sexually transmitted infections.
The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston as well as researchers at other Texas schools and in other states.
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