Hepatitis B vaccine is recommended for: All infants Adolescents under 18 years of age who did not receive the hepatitis B vaccine as infants People occupationally exposed to blood or body fluids Residents and staff of institutions for the developmentally disabled Patients receiving kidney hemodialysis People with hemophilia and other patients receiving clotting factor concentrates Household contacts and sexual partners of patients infected with hepatitis B chronically Travelers who will spend more than 6 months in regions with high rates of hepatitis B infection Injection drug users and their sexual partners Men who have sex with men, men or women with multiple sex partners, or recent infection with a sexually transmitted infection Inmates of long-term correctional facilities All pregnant women should have a blood test for the antibody to the hepatitis B virus surface antigen
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To my nose, it leans unisex, though I suspect many men will especially enjoy its understated sophistication