Hepatitis B vaccine in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

作者：Ramirez O Carlos A; Fernandez A Daniel G; Valderrama B Sandra L; Gomez Q Carlos H; Tamara R Jose R; Alvarez M Carlos A

来源：Revista Chilena de Infectologia, 2009, 26(1): 26-33.

• Hepatitis B
• immunization
• human immunodeficiency virus

Hepatitis B is a public health problem in the entire world, mainly among HIV infected people in whom the coinfection change the course, natural history and morbi-mortality of the disease. Because of this, it is imperative to design strategies to prevent hepatitis B infection in HIV patients. Vaccination is the most important tool for prevention, although its efficacy varies according to immunologic and virologic status of the patient.

• 出版日期2009-2