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SUBMITTER: Kim JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2360471 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim J J JJ Andres-Beck B B Goldie S J SJ
British journal of cancer 20071009 9
We assessed the cost-effectiveness of including boys vs girls alone in a pre-adolescent vaccination programme against human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 in Brazil. Using demographic, epidemiological, and cancer data from Brazil, we developed a dynamic transmission model of HPV infection between males and females. Model-projected reductions in HPV incidence under different vaccination scenarios were applied to a stochastic model of cervical carcinogenesis to project lifetime costs and ben ...[more]