Who Is at Risk for New Hepatitis B Infections Among People With HIV?

Authors

John M Sladic
Barbara S Taylor
Mae Thamer
Karen J Vigil
Onkar Kshirsagar
Anna Taranova
Andrew McCracken
Carmen G Sanchez
Mamta K Jain

Publication Date

8-1-2023

Journal

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Abstract

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) increases morbidity and mortality among people with HIV (PWH). We retrospectively analyzed HBV incidence among 5785 PWH. Fourteen had newly positive hepatitis B s antigen (mean 5.2 person-years of follow-up, 46.4/100 000 infections/year). These data show gaps in HBV vaccination and in the preventative efficacy of HBV-specific antiretroviral therapy.

Keywords

HBV, HBV vaccination, HIV, incident HBV infection