With a worldwide prevalence of 15.4%, hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been estimated to be the most prevalent major infectious disease in prisons. The exceptionally high prevalence of HCV in prisons is attributable to common risk behaviors including sharing contaminated tattooing equipment and drug paraphernalia, as well as lack of HCV control interventions including needle and syringe programs. Despite the importance of attention to prisoners as a highly at-risk population to acquire and transmit HCV, the number of HCV research and policy documents ignoring prisoners is increasing. Highlighting this issue, the present manuscript discusses how excluding prisoners from HCV-related research and policies will jeopardize the global HCV elimination goals set forth by the global community.

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HCV研究和政策中不应将囚犯抛在后面。

据估计，丙型肝炎病毒（HCV）在世界范围内的流行率为15.4％，是监狱中最流行的主要传染病。监狱中HCV的极高流行归因于常见的风险行为，包括共享受污染的纹身设备和吸毒用具，以及缺乏包括针头和注射器程序在内的HCV控制干预措施。尽管关注作为高危人群获取和传播HCV的囚犯的重要性，但忽略囚犯的HCV研究和政策文件的数量正在增加。本手稿着重强调了这个问题，讨论了如何将囚犯排除在与HCV相关的研究和政策之外，将如何危害国际社会设定的全球HCV消除目标。