Hepatitis B Virus in People who Inject Drugs and Men who Have Sex With Men With HIV in India: A Cross-sectional Study.
Talia A LoebMihili P GunaratneSyed IqbalMark AndersonAllison M McFallPradeep AmroseMary A RodgersAylur K SrikrishnanAshwin BalagopalGregory M LucasShruti H MehtaDavid L ThomasGavin ClohertyChloe L ThioSunil S SolomonPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2024)
In this large sample of PWID and MSM with HIV, we observed a high prevalence of serology consistent with HBV infection and low vaccination, highlighting the need for routine screening and catch-up vaccination. The high prevalence of isolated anti-HBc reactivity highlights the need to understand the risk of reactivation with this serological pattern.