Population-level impact, herd immunity, and elimination after human papillomavirus vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis of predictions from transmission-dynamic models

Background: Modelling studies have been widely used to inform human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination policy decisions; however, many models exist and it is not known whether they produce consistent predictions of population-level effectiveness and herd effects. We did a systematic review and meta-an...

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Main Authors: Dr Prof Marc Brisson, PhD, Élodie Bénard, MSc, Mélanie Drolet, PhD, Johannes A Bogaards, PhD, Iacopo Baussano, MD, Simopekka Vänskä, PhD, Mark Jit, PhD, Prof Marie-Claude Boily, PhD, Megan A Smith, MPH, Johannes Berkhof, PhD, Prof Karen Canfell, PhD, Harrell W Chesson, PhD, Emily A Burger, PhD, Yoon H Choi, PhD, Prof Birgitte Freiesleben De Blasio, PhD, Sake J De Vlas, PhD, Giorgio Guzzetta, PhD, Jan A C Hontelez, PhD, Johannes Horn, Dipl Biomath, Martin R Jepsen, PhD, Prof Jane J Kim, PhD, Fulvio Lazzarato, MSc, Suzette M Matthijsse, MSc, Rafael Mikolajczyk, MD, Andrew Pavelyev, PhD, Matthew Pillsbury, PhD, Leigh Anne Shafer, PhD, Stephen P Tully, PhD, Hugo C Turner, PhD, Cara Usher, PhD, Prof Cathal Walsh, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-11-01
Series:The Lancet Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266716300019