Table 3.
Summary of Vaccine Considerations for Adult PWH (vaccines featured in manuscript)
| Incidence/severity in PWH compared to non-PWH | Vaccine Immunogenicity in PWH compared to non-PWH | Whom to vaccinate |
Serological Monitoring? | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Population | PWH | |||||
| Pneumococcal | ↑ incidence[9] | ↓ [18, 19] | 19–64 yrs with risk factors; all 65 + yrs | All | No | See Fig. 1 |
| Meningococcal | ↑ incidence[22, 23] | ↓ [28]/↔ [29] | MenACWY: with risk factors MenB: with risk factors | MenACWY: all MenB: with risk factors | No | See Box 1 for possible efficacy of 4CMenB in gonorrhea |
| Mpox | ↑ incidence and severity[39, 41] | ↓ [47–49] | Adults with potential for exposure | Adults with potential for exposure | No | See Box |
| HBV | ↑ incidence and severity[27] | ↓ conventional vaccine [55] ↔ TLR-9 adjuvanted vaccine [57, 58] | HBV nonimmune (anti-HBs < 10 mIU/mL) without HBV | HBV nonimmune (anti-HBs < 10 mIU/mL) without HBV | Yes | HepB-CpG is now preferred for PWH |
| HAV | ↑ severity[27] | ↓[61] | Adults at increased risk of infection or severe disease | All HAV nonimmune | Yes | |
| HPV | ↑ persistent HPV and related diseases[62, 63] | ↓[65] | All up to 26 yrs, shared decision-making up to 45 yrs | All up to 26 yrs, shared decision-making up to 45 yrs | No | 3-dose schedule recommended for all PWH |
| VZV | ↑ incidence and severity | ↔[74] | ≥ 50 yrs; ≥ 19 yrs if immuno-compromised | ≥ 18 yrs (≥ 19 yrs ACIP) | No | Live varicella vaccine contrain-dicated if CD4 < 200 |
| RSV | Minimal data | Minimal data | Pregnant women weeks 32–36 yrs; 60–74 yrs with risk factors; all 75 + yrs | Pregnant women weeks 32–36 yrs; 60–74 yrs with advanced/untreated HIV or other risk factors; all 75 + yrs | No | Also FDA-approved for high-risk adults 50–59 |
| COVID-19 | ↑ severity when CD4 < 350[94] | ↓[88, 98, 99] | All | All | No | mRNA: reactogenicity |
| Influenza | Possible ↑ severity but data inconsistent[102–104] | ↓[106, 107] | All | All | No | Live attenuated vaccine contraindicated |
For more information see individual vaccination recommendations at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/index.html or DHHS Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV available at https://clinicalinfo.hiv.gov/