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Vaccination of boys or catch-up of girls above 11 years of age with the HPV-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine: where is the greatest benefit for cervical cancer prevention in Italy?

BACKGROUND: Since 2007, a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme against cervical cancer (CC) is implemented in Italy in 11-year-old girls. The extension of HPV vaccination to young adult women, or to 11-year-old boys could further reduce the CC burden, in the latter case from indirect eff...

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Autores principales: Bonanni, Paolo, Gabutti, Giovanni, Demarteau, Nadia, Boccalini, Sara, La Torre, Giuseppe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4574450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26381489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1067-9