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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection => Topic started by: Hep Editors on February 01, 2018, 10:26:32 am

Title: HIV-Positive Candidates for Hep B Vax Receive It at Low Rates
Post by: Hep Editors on February 01, 2018, 10:26:32 am

Too few people with HIV who are good candidates for the hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination, meaning they are likely susceptible to infection, are receiving the vaccine each year, MedPage Today reports.

Publishing their findings in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers relied on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) for nationally representative estimates of various factors related to the U.S. adult population living with HIV.

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