Increasing hepatitis A immunity in men who have sex with men in Sydney, 1996-2012

Hammad Ali; David G. Regan; Rebecca J. Guy; Peter Robertson; Lucy Watchirs-Smith; Anna M. McNulty; Basil Donovan

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.01.090

Increasing hepatitis A immunity in men who have sex with men in Sydney, 1996-2012

Hammad Ali^*, David G. Regan, Rebecca J. Guy, Peter Robertson, Lucy Watchirs-Smith, Anna M. McNulty, Basil Donovan

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We examined the hepatitis A virus status of all MSM seen at a large sexual health clinic in inner Sydney between 1996 and 2012. Overall, the proportion of MSM susceptible to hepatitis A decreased from 68.1% in 1996 to 36.2% in 2012; most of this reduction was attributable to vaccination.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4745-4747
Number of pages	3
Journal	Vaccine
Volume	33
Issue number	38
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.01.090
Publication status	Published - 11 Sept 2015
Externally published	Yes

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