High Prevalence of Hepatitis B in People With HIV in the MWCCS, 2018–2024
Maria F Sanes Guevara, Ken S Ho, Anandi N Sheth, Andrew Edmonds, Audrey L French, David B Hanna, Heather King, Jennifer C Price, Maria L Alcaide, Matthew J Mimiaga, Michael Augenbraun, Michael Plankey, Stephen J Gange, Valentina Stosor, Bernard J C Macatangay, Eric C Seaberg, Phyllis C Tien, Chloe L · 2026
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Maria F Sanes Guevara and colleagues published a 2026 analysis of hepatitis B prevalence among people with and at risk for HIV in a cohort spanning thirteen sites between 2018 and 2024. The study covered 5,238 participants in the MACS and WIHS cohort programs. Blood markers sorted each person into chronic infection, recovered past infection, or never infected. The team compared rates across risk groups under modern HIV treatment.
Chronic hepatitis B affected 2.4 percent of the cohort, and coinfection stood at 3.0 percent among people with HIV. Past infection was commoner in men and rose with age. People carrying both viruses had lower immune cell counts and lower HIV suppression rates than comparison groups. Among participants with HIV who had never encountered hepatitis B, 40.6 percent lacked antibodies, leaving them vulnerable despite vaccines. The authors call for tighter screening and immunization in HIV care, since a preventable second virus is compounding risk for this population.
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| CREATOR | Maria F Sanes Guevara, Ken S Ho, Anandi N Sheth, Andrew Edmonds, Audrey L French, David B Hanna, Heather King, Jennifer C Price, Maria L Alcaide, Matthew J Mimiaga, Michael Augenbraun, Michael Plankey, Stephen J Gange, Valentina Stosor, Bernard J C Macatangay, Eric C Seaberg, Phyllis C Tien, Chloe L |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |