Effect of Prophylactic Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination on Oral HPV Infections Among Young Adults in the United States

• Published in: Journal of clinical oncology Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 262 - 267
• Main Authors: Chaturvedi, Anil K., Graubard, Barry I., Broutian, Tatevik, Pickard, Robert K.L., Tong, Zhen-Yue, Xiao, Weihong, Kahle, Lisa, Gillison, Maura L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society of Clinical Oncology 20.01.2018
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Mouth Diseases - diagnosis; Mouth Diseases - epidemiology; Mouth Diseases - prevention & control; Mouth Diseases - virology; Nutrition Surveys; ORIGINAL REPORTS; Papillomavirus Infections - diagnosis; Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology; Papillomavirus Infections - prevention & control; Papillomavirus Infections - virology; Papillomavirus Vaccines - administration & dosage; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Prevalence; Sex Distribution; Time Factors; United States - epidemiology; Vaccination; Young Adult; United States

Purpose The incidence of human papilloma virus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancers has risen rapidly in recent decades among men in the United States. We investigated the US population-level effect of prophylactic HPV vaccination on the burden of oral HPV infection, the principal cause of HPV-posit...