Risk of Delayed Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in Inner-City Adolescent Women

Conclusions. Among adolescents immunized at ≥15 years of age, a longer time to complete the 3-dose schedule was associated with an increased risk of anogenital HPV6/11/16/18 infection and an increased incidence of associated cervical cytological abnormalities.

Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases - December 4, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Schlecht, N. F., Diaz, A., Shankar, V., Szporn, A. H., Wu, M., Nucci-Sack, A., Peake, K., Strickler, H. D., Burk, R. D. Tags: VIRUSES Source Type: research