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SUBMITTER: Sanders GD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2873748 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Sanders Gillian D GD Taira Al V AV
Emerging infectious diseases 20030101 1
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, usually a sexually transmitted disease, is a risk factor for cervical cancer. Given the substantial disease and death associated with HPV and cervical cancer, development of a prophylactic HPV vaccine is a public health priority. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of vaccinating adolescent girls for high-risk HPV infections relative to current practice. A vaccine with a 75% probability of immunity against high-risk HPV infection resulted in a life-expectanc ...[more]