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Decline in prevalence of human papillomavirus infection following vaccination among Australian Indigenous women, a population at higher risk of cervical cancer: The VIP-I study.
Vaccine - 5 Jul 2018
McGregor Skye, Saulo Dina, Brotherton Julia M L, Liu Bette, Phillips Samuel, Skinner S Rachel, Luey Michele, Oliver Lisa, Stewart Mary, Tabrizi Sepehr N, Garland Suzanne, Kaldor John M
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BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer occurrence and mortality are strongly correlated with socioeconomic disadvantage, largely due to unequal access to screening and treatment. Universal human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination provides the opportunity to greatly reduce this global health disparity. Australian Indigenous women have substantially higher rates of cervical cancer than non-Indigenous women, primarily due to...
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