New guidelines on vaccination for HIV-positive adults.

PREVENTION of communicable diseases; VACCINES; HIV-positive persons; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL protocols; WORLD Wide Web; INFORMATION resources; HIV seroconversion

The article discusses the need to update the guidance on the use of vaccines in people living with HIV according to the British HIV Association (BHIVA). Topics covered include the emergence of the effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), details relating to the reported increase in the number of people living with HIV from 2013 to 2014, and why immune responses to vaccination are sub-optimal in HIV-positive patients according to the BHIVA.