Purpose: To monitor human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine impact in the U.S., we evaluated quadrivalent vaccine (4vHPV)-type prevalence among females aged 14-34 years in the prevaccine (2003-2006) and vaccine (2013-2016) eras overall and by race/ethnicity in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman papillomavirus (HPV) causes approximately 30,000 cancers in the United States annually (1). HPV vaccination was introduced in 2006 to prevent HPV-associated cancers and diseases (1). Cervical cancer is the most common HPV-associated cancer in women (1).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
March 2019
Background: The impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination has been observed in the United States through declining cervical precancer incidence in young women. To further evaluate vaccine impact, we described trends in HPV vaccine types 16/18 in cervical precancers, 2008-2014.
Methods: We analyzed data from a 5-site, population-based surveillance system.