Brief Report: Response to Hepatitis A Virus Vaccine in HIV-Infected Patients Within a Retrospective, Multicentric Cohort: Facing Hepatitis A Outbreaks in the Clinical Practice

• Published in: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) Vol. 81; no. 1; p. e1
• Main Authors: Neukam, Karin, Delgado Fernández, Marcial, Hernández Quero, José, Rivero-Juárez, Antonio, Llaves-Flores, Silvia, Jiménez Oñate, Francisco, Gutiérrez-Valencia, Alicia, Espinosa, Nuria, Viciana, Pompeyo, López-Cortés, Luis F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2019
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Coinfection - prevention & control; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control; Female; Hepatitis A - prevention & control; Hepatitis A Vaccines - administration & dosage; Hepatitis A Vaccines - therapeutic use; HIV Infections - complications; HIV Infections - virology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Spain - epidemiology; Young Adult; Spain

Various recent outbreaks of hepatitis A virus (HAV) have been described in men who have sex with men despite the availability of an effective vaccine. This study aimed to determine the current rates of seroconversion after receiving HAV vaccine (HAV-V) in HIV-infected patients under real-life condit...