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Prevalence of human papillomavirus in young men who have sex with men after the implementation of gender-neutral HPV vaccination: a repeated cross-sectional study.
The Lancet. Infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2021
Chow Eric P F, Tabrizi Sepehr N, Fairley Christopher K, Wigan Rebecca, Machalek Dorothy A, Garland Suzanne M, Cornall Alyssa M, Atchison Steph, Hocking Jane S, Bradshaw Catriona S, Balgovind Prisha, Murray Gerald L, Chen Marcus Y
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BACKGROUND: Anal infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes 16 and 18 and anal cancer are overrepresented in men who have sex with men (MSM). This study investigated HPV prevalence in young MSM before and after the implementation of a school-based quadrivalent HPV (genotypes 6, 11, 16, and 18) vaccination programme for boys in Australia in 2013. METHODS: In this repeated cross-sectional study,...
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