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SUBMITTER: Sow PS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3636781 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sow Papa Salif PS Watson-Jones Deborah D Kiviat Nancy N Changalucha John J Mbaye Khardiata Diallo KD Brown Joelle J Bousso Kouro K Kavishe Bazil B Andreasen Aura A Toure Macoumba M Kapiga Saidi S Mayaud Philippe P Hayes Richard R Lebacq Marie M Herazeh Marjan M Thomas Florence F Descamps Dominique D
The Journal of infectious diseases 20121213 11
<h4>Background</h4>Cervical cancer is a major public health problem for women in sub-Saharan Africa. Availability of a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could have an important public health impact.<h4>Methods</h4>In this phase IIIb, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial (NCT00481767), healthy African girls and young women seronegative for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were stratified by age (10-14 or 15-25 years) and randomized (2:1) to receive either HPV-16/18 A ...[more]