Table 1 Search Strategies

1

(prisons OR prisoners) AND (HIV infections/transmission OR HIV infections/epidemiology OR HIV infections/prevention and control)

(human immunodeficiency virus OR acquired immune deficiency syndrome) AND (prisoners OR prisons)

HIV AND prison* AND transmission

2

(prisons OR prisoners) AND (substance abuse, intravenous OR needle sharing OR tattooing)

(incarceration OR institutional schools OR maximum security facilities OR correctional institutions OR prisons OR reformatories) AND (human immunodeficiency virus OR acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

HIV and (prison* OR inmate*) AND (injection drug OR intravenous drug)

3

(prisons OR prisoners) AND (hepatitis c OR hepatitis c virus OR hepatitis b OR hepatitis b virus)

1 AND (cohort analysis OR longitudinal studies) AND male homosexuality

(hepatitis c OR hepatitis B) AND (incidence OR epidemiology OR cohort) AND (United States) AND (homosexual* W/3 male OR men who have sex with men)

4

3 AND homosexuality

(intravenous drug usage OR needle sharing) AND (cohort analysis OR longitudinal studies) AND male homosexuality

(incidence OR epidemiology OR cohort) AND (United States) AND (needle W/3 sharing OR intravenous W/5 substance *use* OR intravenous W/5 drug *use* OR ivdu) AND (hepatitis c OR hepatitis b)

5

(HIV infections/transmission OR HIV infections/epidemiology) AND (incidence OR cohort studies) AND (United States) AND (homosexuality, male)

(male homosexuality AND (epidemiology OR cohort analysis OR longitudinal studies) AND (hepatitis)

(hiv OR aids OR human immunodeficiency virus OR acquired immune deficiency syndrome) AND (incidence OR epidemiology OR cohort) AND (United States) AND (needle W/3 sharing OR intravenous W/5 substance *use*) OR intravenous W/5 drug *use* OR ivdu)

6

5 (NOT homosexuality, male) AND (substance abuse, intravenous OR needle sharing)

(intravenous drug usage OR needle sharing) AND (epidemiology OR cohort analysis OR longitudinal studies) AND (hepatitis)

(United States) AND (incidence OR cohort OR epidemiology) AND (hiv OR aids OR human immunodeficiency virus OR acquired immune deficiency syndrome) AND (homosexual* W/5 male OR men have sex with men)

7

(hepatitis c OR hepatitis c virus OR hepatitis b OR hepatitis b virus) AND (homosexuality, male) AND (United States) AND (incidence OR cohort studies OR epidemiology)

8

7 (NOT homosexuality, male) AND (substance abuse, intravenous OR needle sharing)