Hepatitis A testing and susceptibility in men who have sex with men: an unintended benefit of PrEP

Mahmoud Gouda, Colin Fitzpatrick, Deborah Williams, Daniel Richardson Hepatitis A is a sexually transmitted enteric infection in men who have sex with men (MSM) and vaccination is recommended to prevent outbreaks. In this paper, we evaluated if screening and susceptibility has changed due to HIV-PrEP. MSM were significantly more likely to be screened for Hepatitis A susceptibility in 2021 (201/206, 93%) than in 2019 (208/372, 56%) however susceptibility to Hepatitis A did not change between in 2021 (96/216, 48%) and 2019 (98/372, 47%). De-medicalising HIV-PrEP is important as it will increase overall uptake. However, coupling HIV-PrEP with other sexual health interventions must not be lost.
Source: Sexual Health - Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Source Type: research