Potential effectiveness of prophylactic HPV immunization for men who have sex with men in the Netherlands: A multi-model approach.

BACKGROUND:Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at high risk for anal cancer, primarily related to human papillomavirus genotype 16 (HPV16) infections. At 8.5 per 100,000 per year, the incidence rate of anal cancer among MSM is similar to that of cervical cancer among adult women in the Netherlands....

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Main Authors: Johannes A Bogaards, Sofie H Mooij, Maria Xiridou, Maarten F Schim van der Loeff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-03-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002756