Surveillance snapshot: service members with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV-1, active component, U.S. Armed Forces

Risk factors and routes of transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are similar; therefore, individuals infected with one of these viruses may be coinfected or at high risk of acquiring another infection. Among active component service members diagnosed with HBV infections (n=2,204) between 2000 and 2010, 86 (3.9%) were also diagnosed with HCV and 49 (2.2%) with HIV-1. Among service members diagnosed with HCV infections (n=3,185) between 2000 and 2010, 86 (2.7%) were diagnosed with HBV and 45 (1.4%) with HIV-1. Four service members were diagnosed with HBV, HCV, and HIV-1 during the period (figure below). Individuals diagnosed with HIV-1, HBV, or HCV infections should be tested for coinfections and counseled to prevent acquisitions of similarly transmitted infections.