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Table 3.18. Adults Recommended to Receive Hepatitis B Immunization [a]

Table 3-18

People at Risk of Infection by Sexual Exposure

• Sex partners of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive people


• Sexually active people who are not in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship (eg, people with more than 1 sex partner during the previous 6 months)


• People seeking evaluation or Treatment for a sexually transmitted infection


• Men who have sex with men


People at Risk of Infection by Percutaneous or Mucosal Exposure to Blood

• Current or recent injection-drug users


• Household contacts of HBsAg-positive people


• Residents and staff of facilities for people with developmental disabilities


• Health-care and public safety workers with reasonably anticipated risk of exposure to blood or blood-contaminated body fluids


• People with end-stage renal disease, including predialysis, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and home dialysis patients


Others

• International travelers to regions with high or intermediate levels (HBsAg prevalence of 2% or greater) of endemic HBV infection (see Table 3.15)


• People with chronic liver disease


• People with human immunodeficiency (HIV) infection


• All other people seeking protection from HBV infection


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