Brief Encounters
EVIDENCE BASED UPDATE
Do your patients know more about herpes than you? If so Anne Scoular's article should “update” you on the evidence base. She also highlights huge gaps in our evidence base. See p 160
HEPATITIS B VACCINE FOR WHOM?
Is there onward transmission of hepatitis B (HBV) in Chinese immigrants living abroad? Apparently not between first and second generation immigrants. Kawsar and Goh found that over two thirds of first generation Chinese immigrants attending a London STI clinic had HBV markers and 12% were HBsAg positive. Yet HBV markers were …







