Prevalence of hepatitis B immunity and infection in home self-sampling HIV service users
Conclusions
Among MSM and heterosexual users of a self-sampling HIV service, evidence of immunisation to HBV infection was low and susceptibility to infection was comparatively high, suggesting suboptimal delivery of HBV immunisation in sexual health services.
Source: Sexually Transmitted Infections - Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Roche, R., Simmons, R., Logan, L., Ledesma, J., Sabin, C., Ijaz, S., Mandal, S. Tags: Open access Epidemiology Source Type: research
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