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Evidence from Outcomes: Gender-Neutral 2vHPV Vaccination at Moderate Coverage Drives Rapid Depletion of HPV16/18 Among Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Women.
Viruses - 12 Jan 2026
Lehtinen Matti, Pimenoff Ville N, Eriksson Tiina, Lagheden Camilla, Söderlund-Strand Anna, Surcel Heljä-Marja, Dillner Joakim
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination may eventually eradicate oncogenic vaccine-targeted HPVs but only with a strategy that also protects unvaccinated individuals. We compared the impact of gender-neutral and girls-only vaccination strategies on the indirect and direct protection of unvaccinated and vaccinated young women against HPV16/18 infection using HPV16/18 seropositivity and PCR positivity 3-7 years post...
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