HBV Vaccines

Vaccination Efforts Are Inadequate for At-Risk Populations

Published in Blood Weekly, April 1st, 1996

A large proportion of men at risk for hepatitis B virus (HBV) are not vaccinated, despite the availability of a vaccine.

Healthcare providers in numerous settings are missing opportunities to vaccinate individuals at risk for HBV infection, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report ("Undervaccination for Hepatitis B among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men - San Francisco and Berkeley, California, 1992-1993," MMWR, March 15, 1996;45(10):215-217).

"Despite the availability of an effective vaccine, the findings in this report suggest that only 3 percent of young men who have sex with men (MSM) sampled at selected...

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