Vaccines

Vigilance Needed in Vaccinating Gay Men Against HBV

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, August 9th, 1999

Sexually active gay men are still not being vaccinated against hepatitis B virus in large enough numbers, according to the results of a Canadian study.

Researcher A. Dufour and colleagues from a university hospital in Quebec examined factors associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination status among HIV uninfected men who have affective and sexual relations with men (MASM) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada ("Factors Associated with Hepatitis B Vaccination Among Men Having Sexual Relations with Men in Montreal, Quebec, Canada," Sex Transm Dis, July 1999;26(6):317-324).

The Omega Cohort is a study of the incidence and psychosocial determinants of HIV...

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