title: Hepatitis A in men having sex with men (MSMs) in northern Italy.
abstract: During 2009 there was an increased incidence of acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection among homosexual males which, in our institute, outnumbered the number of cases in travellers, thus becoming the prime HAV risk factor. Some of our HAV cases occurred in HIV-infected subjects. This observation underlines the action of HAV as a sexually transmitted infection and urges preventive measures, such as routine HAV vaccination in the HIV-infected population.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pini
authors.forename: Lina Rachele
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Tomasoni
authors.forename: Graziella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cristini
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puoti
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matteelli
authors.forename: Giampiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carosi
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Castelli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001727:Bisexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D005506:Food Contamination; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D022362:Hepatitis A Vaccines; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D014195:Travel; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D022362:Hepatitis A Vaccines