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Epidemiology/Prevalence
           

  Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Widespread hepatitis B virus genotype G (HBV-G) infection during the early years of the HIV epidemic in the Netherlands among men who have sex with men.
Cornelissen M, Zorgdrager F, Bruisten SM, et al

BMC Infect Dis
. 2016 Jun 10;16(1):268.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
High Prevalence and High Incidence of Coinfection with Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and Syphilis and Low Rate of Effective Vaccination against Hepatitis B in HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men with Known Date of HIV Seroconversion in Germany.
Jansen K, Thamm M, Bock CT, et al
 
PLoS One
. 2015 Nov 10;10(11):e0142515
Paper

Incident Hepatitis B Virus Infection in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Men Who Have Sex With Men From Pre-HAART to HAART Periods: A Cohort Study.
Falade-Nwulia O, Seaberg EC, Snider AE,
et al
Ann Intern Med
. 2015 Oct 13
Abstract

Hepatitis B infection and vaccination coverage in men who have sex with men consulting a Danish venereal disease clinic.
Nielsen US, Simonsen AB, Halkier-Sørensen L,  et al 
Infect Dis (Lond). 2015 Apr 1:1-6.
Abstract

Identification of novel recombinant forms of hepatitis B virus generated from genotypes Ae and G in HIV-1-positive Japanese MSM.
Kojima Y, Kawahata T, Mori H,  et al
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2015 Mar 31.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV-1, HBV, HCV, HTLV, HPV-16/18, and Treponema pallidum Infections in a Sample of Brazilian Men Who Have Sex with Men.
Soares CC, Georg I, Lampe E,  et al
PLoS One. 2014 Aug 1;9(8):e102676.
Paper

Hepatitis  B Virus (HBV) Infection, Immunity and Susceptibility Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM), Los Angeles County, USA.
Pitasi MA, Bingham TA, Sey EK, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2014 Apr;18 Suppl 3:248-55.

Abstract

Hepatitis A and hepatitis B infection prevalence and associated risk factors in men who have sex with men, Bangkok, 2006-2008.
Linkins RW, Chonwattana W, Holtz TH,  et al
J Med Virol. 2013 Jun 24
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Hepatitis B Immunization and Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Beijing, China.
Wang C, Wang Y, Huang X,  et al

PLoS One
. 2012;7(10):e48219.
Paper

Correlates of Hepatitis B Virus and HIV Knowledge Among Gay and Bisexual Homeless Young Adults in Hollywood.
Nyamathi A, Salem B, Reback CJ, et al

Am J Mens Health
. 2012 Aug
Abstract

Unexpectedly high proportion of drug users and men having sex with men who develop chronic hepatitis B infection.
van Houdt R, Bruisten SM, Speksnijder AG, Prins M.

J Hepatol
. 2012 May 18.
Abstract

Hepatitis B Infection and Association with Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Men
Who Have Sex with Men in Peru.
Lama JR, Agurto HS, Guanira JV,
 et al  
Am J Trop Med Hyg
. 2010 Jul;83(1):194-200
Abstract

Ongoing transmission of a single hepatitis B virus strain among men having sex with men in
Amsterdam.

van Houdt R, Bruisten SM, Geskus RB, et al  

J Viral Hepa
t
. 2009 Oct 7.
Abstract

Trends in Hepatitis A, B, and Shigellosis Compared With Gonorrhea and Syphilis in Men
Who Have Sex With Men in Amsterdam, 1992-2006.
van Rijckevorsel GG, Sonder GJ, Bovée LP, et al
 
Sex Transm Dis.
2008 Jul 31.
Abstract

Association of hepatitis B virus infection with other sexually transmitted infections in
homosexual men. Omega Study Group.
Remis RS, Dufour A, Alary M, et al

Am J Public Health 2000 Oct;90(10):1570-4
Abstract

 

          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and HIV co-infections among MSM in Lagos, Ibadan and Abuja, Nigeria
S. Adebajo, A. Ogini, F. Lesi, et al
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Transmission
           

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  A patient in whom only hepatitis B virus (HBV) was thought to have been contracted,
by kissing, from a same-sex partner coinfected with HBV and human immunodeficiency virus-1.
Kubo N, Furusyo N, Sawayama Y, et al   

J Infect Chemother.
2003 Sep;9(3):260-4
Abstract

Prevention
           

  Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
 
 
Hepatitis B vaccination uptake and correlates of serologic response among HIV-infected and uninfected men who have sex with men (MSM) in Bangkok, Thailand.
Chonwattana W, Raengsakulrach B, Holtz TH,  et al

Vaccine
. 2015 Dec 9.
Abstract

Hepatitis B vaccination of men who have sex with men in the Netherlands: should we vaccinate more men, younger men or high-risk men?
Xiridou M, van Houdt R, Hahné S,  et al

Sex Transm Infect
. 2013 Jun 29
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Factors Associated with Self-Reported HBV Vaccination among HIV-Negative MSM Participating i
n an Online Sexual Health Survey: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Matthews JE, Stephenson R, Sullivan PS.

PLoS One
. 2012;7(2):e30609.
Paper

The efficacy of social role models to increase motivation to obtain vaccination against hepatitis B
among men who have sex with men.
Vet R, de Wit JB, Das E.

Health Educ Res
. 2010 Nov 24
Abstract

The reach of a hepatitis B vaccination programme among men who have sex with men.
Baars JE, Boon BJ, Garretsen HF, van de Mheen D.

Eur J Public Health
. 2010 Sep 2
Abstract

Hepatitis Vaccination and Infection Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men who
Attend Gyms in New York City.
Siconolfi DE, Halkitis PN, Rogers ME.

Am J Mens Health
. 2009 Jun;3(2):141-9
Abstract

'Feeling' Risk and Seeing Solutions: Predicting Vaccination Intention  against Hepatitis B Infection among Men
Who Have Sex with Men.

Das E, de Wit JB, Vet R, Frijns T. 
J Health Psychol. 2008 Sep;13(6):728-32.
Abstract
 

Hepatitis B vaccination of men who have sex with men attending an urban STD clinic:
impact of an ongoing vaccination program, 1998-2003.

Gunn RA, Lee MA, Murray PJ, et al
 
Sex Transm Dis.
2007 Sep;34(9):663-8.
Abstract

Hepatitis B virus infection and vaccination among young injection and non-injection
drug users:missed opportunities to prevent infection.
Kuo I, Sherman SG, Thomas DL, Strathdee SA.  

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2004 Jan 7;73(1):69-7
Abstract
 
Response to hepatitis-B vaccination in healthy homosexual individuals: retrospective
case control study.
Das S, Brassington M, Drake SM, Boxall E

Vaccine. 2003 Sep 8;21(25-26):3701-5.
Abstract
 
Hepatitis A and B vaccination in a sexually transmitted disease clinic for men who
have sex with men.
Sansom S, Rudy E, Strine T, Douglas W.

Sex Transm Dis. 2003 Sep;30(9):685-8
Abstract
 
Integrating behavioral theory to understand hepatitis B vaccination among men who
have sex with men.
Rhodes SD, Grimley DM, Hergenrather KC.

Am J Health Behav.
2003 Jul-Aug;27(4):291-300.
Abstract
 
Psychosocial predictors of hepatitis B vaccination among young African-American gay men
 in the deep south.
Rhodes SD, Diclemente RJ.
Sex Transm Dis. 2003 May;30(5):449-54.
Abstract

Preventing hepatitis A and hepatitis B virus infections among men who have sex with men.
Kahn J.

Clin Infect Dis
2002 Dec 1;35(11):1382-7
Abstract

Understanding correlates of hepatitis B virus vaccination in men who have sex with men:
what have we learned?
Yee LJ, Rhodes SD.

Sex Transm Infect
2002 Oct;78(5):374-7
Abstract

Results of an enhanced-outreach programme of hepatitis B vaccination in the Netherlands
(1998-2000) among men who have sex with men, hard drug users, sex workers and
heterosexual persons with multiple partners.
van Steenbergen J.
 
J Hepatol
2002 Oct;37(4):507
Abstract

Why do gay men want to be vaccinated against hepatitis B? An assessment of
psychosocial determinants of vaccination intention.

Schutten M, de Wit JB, van Steenbergen JE.

Int J STD AIDS
2002 Feb;13(2):86-90
Abstract
 

 

Case Studies
           

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A homosexual Japanese man with acute hepatitis due to hepatitis B virus genotype ae,
concurrent with amebic colitis.
Miyake Y, Iwasaki Y, Ishikawa S, et al
Acta Med Okayama. 2007 Feb;61(1):35-9.
Paper
 

 


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