JUNE 10, 2022

Hepatitis Knowledge Low Among MSM

By Ethan Covey

Many men who have sex with men (MSM) in Flanders, Belgium, appear not to understand enough about hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) to protect themselves against disease, according to a presentation at the 2022 European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (poster P0013).

“Nowadays, there is effective vaccination and suppressive therapy for HBV, and we also have access to tolerable, direct-acting antivirals to cure HCV infection,”