The vaccine is recommended for children up to 18 years and for adults at high risk.
These include: Persons with multiple sex partners Persons diagnosed with a sexually-transmitted disease Male homosexuals Others who have sex with infected persons Intravenous drug users Household contacts of person with chronic HBV infections Infants of HBsAg-positive mothers Children of immigrants from areas of high HBV prevalence Health care/public safety workers Persons receiving hemodialysis