Public Health Benefits of Routine Human Papillomavirus Vaccination for Adults in the Netherlands: A Mathematical Modeling Study

Conclusions. Offering vaccination to adults, especially at cervical cancer screening visits (for women) and during STI consultations (for both sexes), would substantially reduce HPV incidence and would be an efficient policy option to improve HPV prevention and subsequently avert cervical and possibly male HPV-related cancers.

Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases - August 23, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Matthijsse, S. M., Hontelez, J. A. C., Naber, S. K., Rozemeijer, K., de Kok, I. M. C. M., Bakker, R., van Ballegooijen, M., van Rosmalen, J., de Vlas, S. J. Tags: VIRUSES Source Type: research