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Human Papillomavirus-Related Cancer Vaccine Strategies

Vaccines
Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) persistent infection is a major pathogenic factor for HPV-related cancers, such as cervical cancer (CC), vaginal cancer, vulvar cancer, anal cancer, penile cancer, and head and neck cancer (HNC).
Xia Cai, Ling Xu
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Economic evaluation of human papillomavirus vaccination in the United Kingdom. [PDF]

, 2008
OBJECTIVE: To assess the cost effectiveness of routine vaccination of 12 year old schoolgirls against human papillomavirus infection in the United Kingdom. DESIGN: Economic evaluation. SETTING: UK. Population Schoolgirls aged 12 or older.
Choi, Yoon Hong, Jit, Mark, Edmunds, W John   +2 more
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Cervical human papillomavirus infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions in rural Gambia, West Africa: viral sequence analysis and epidemiology. [PDF]

, 2005
The development of effective strategies against cervical cancer in Africa requires accurate type specific data on human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence, including determination of DNA sequences in order to maximise local vaccine efficacy.
Gelder, CM, S R Wall, Man, S, S Man, Walraven, G, Borysiewicz, Leszek K., Hart, Keith William, Fiander, AN, Man, Stephen Tzekwung, Scherf, C. F., C F Scherf, Morison, L., Walraven, G., C M Gelder, K W Hart, Fiander, Alison Nina, B West, Scherf, CF, Wall, SR, G Walraven, Borysiewicz, LK, Hart, KW, Gelder, C. M., Ekpo, G, L K Borysiewicz, G Ekpo, A N Fiander, Ekpo, G., Morison, L, L Morison, Wall, S. R., West, B, West, B.   +32 more
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Life cycle heterogeneity in animal models of human papillomavirus-associated disease [PDF]

, 2002
Animal papillomaviruses are widely used as models to study papillomavirus infection in humans despite differences in genome organization and tissue tropism. Here, we have investigated the extent to which animal models of papillomavirus infection resemble
Peh, W.L., Liu, W.J., Christensen, N., Egawa, K., Lewis, J., Christensen, Neil, Peh, Woei Ling, Egawa, Kiyofumi, Percival, Alan, Lewis, Jon, Liu, Wen Jun, Percival, A., Nicholls, Philip, Doorbar, J., Brandsma, Janet, Middleton, K., Nicholls, P.K., Brandsma, J., Middleton, Kate, Sotlar, Karl, Sotlar, K., Doorbar, John   +21 more
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Prevention of Human Papillomavirus Infection. Beyond Cervical Cancer: A Brief Review

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2020
Introduction: Human papillomavirus is responsible for almost all cases of cervical cancer, an important portion of anogenital and oropharyngeal invasive and preinvasive lesions, as well as genital warts (condyloma acuminatum) and recurrent respiratory ...
Rita Medeiros, Susan Vaz, Teresa Rebelo, Margarida Figueiredo-Dias   +3 more
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Knowledge, attitude, and uptake of human papilloma virus vaccine and associated factors among female preparatory school students in Bahir Dar City, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundThe human papillomavirus vaccine is one of the main preventative measures for cervical cancer. However, global vaccine uptake is low; the problem is particularly acute in low and middle-income countries.
Etenesh Adela Lakneh, Eleni Admassu Mersha, Melash Belachew Asresie, Habtamu Gebrehana Belay   +3 more
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Physicians’ attitudes towards human papillomavirus vaccination programme: A systematic review [PDF]

, 2011
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is a newly introduced vaccine against cervical cancer in adolescent girls. Uptake of the vaccine will be dependent on parental acceptability and physician recommendation.
Franco, Maria F.
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Safety of human papillomavirus 6, 11, 16 and 18 (recombinant): systematic review and meta-analysis

Revista Paulista de Pediatria, 2015
Objective: To identify and quantify the adverse effects associated with the recombinant human papillomavirus (types 6, 11, 16 and 18) vaccine in adolescents.
Pedro Luiz Spinelli Coelho, Gustavo Lacerda da Silva Calestini, Fernando Salgueiro Alvo, Jefferson Michel de Moura Freitas, Paula Marcela Vilela Castro, Tulio Konstantyner   +5 more
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A cohort survey of the effect of an educational intervention on human papillomavirus vaccine-related knowledge and attitudes among pre-university female students in Singapore

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2017
Introduction: Although cervical cancer is the 10th most common cancer among females in Singapore, it is a vaccine-preventable cancer. Human papillomavirus vaccines combined with regular Pap (papillomavirus) smears have been shown to reduce the mortality ...
Sarah Woon Ching Lim, Alicia Ying Ying Boo, Wee Chuan Tan, Eunice Su-Yin Png, Hang Keong Lee, Zi Ying Chang, Serene Xue Jia Wee, Brindha Balakrishnan, Kuan Siew Choong, Ian Kwong Yun Phoon   +9 more
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Awareness of Cervical Cancer and Attitude Toward Human Papillomavirus and Its Vaccine Among Ghanaians

Frontiers in Oncology, 2020
Background: Cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer among women. Ghana is a low-middle- income country with annual diagnosed cases of 3,151 and 2,119 deaths.
Emmanuel Kwateng Drokow, Liu Zi, Qian Han, Clement Yaw Effah, Clement Agboyibor, Evans Sasu, Gloria Selorm Akpabla, Francis Foli, Kai Sun   +8 more
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