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Title: Truvada as PrEP for HIV Also Greatly Lowers the Risk of Hepatitis B
Post by: Hep Editors on May 04, 2020, 08:57:58 am
Taking Truvada (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV can also prevent acquisition of hepatitis B virus (HBV), according to a recent study of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Japan, aidsmap reports.

Daisuke Mizushima, MD, of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Tokyo, presented findings from the retrospective cohort study of records regarding 591 MSM at the 2020 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston earlier this month.

None of the men had had hep B previously or were living with HIV. One hundred forty-eight (25%) of the men took PrEP for at least part of the January 2018 to September 2019 follow-up period.

For more...
https://www.hepmag.com/article/truvada-prep-hiv-also-greatly-lowers-risk-hepatitis-b