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Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus in Self-Collected Cervicovaginal Swabs in Young Women in the United States Between 2003 and 2012.
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Obstetrics & Gynecology . Dec2016, Vol. 128 Issue 6, p1241-1247. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- <bold>Objective: </bold>To evaluate whether there was a change in prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the United States correlated with the introduction of HPV vaccines in both vaccinated and unvaccinated women.<bold>Methods: </bold>We performed a retrospective review of prevalence data for women aged 18-29 years living in the United States using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, which is an ongoing series of cross-sectional surveys. Participants provided responses to standardized questions and self-collected cervicovaginal swabs in which a Linear Array HPV Assay was used to determine HPV prevalence. A total of 783 women from the prevaccine era (2003-2004) and 1,526 from the postvaccine era (2007-2012) were analyzed.<bold>Results: </bold>Among women aged 18-29 years, the prevalence of vaccine-type HPV declined among women receiving one or more doses of vaccine (P=.003): 10.1% (95% confidence interval [CI] 7.1-13.8%) in the prevaccine era to 4.2% (95% CI 3.3-10.9%) in the postvaccine era. There was no change in prevalence of nonvaccine-type HPV among women receiving one or more doses of vaccine (P>.05). There was also no change in prevalence of vaccine-type HPV among unvaccinated women from the prevaccine era 10.1% (95% CI 7.1-13.8%) to 8.8% (95% CI 5.6-12.9%) in the postvaccine era (P=.4). Vaccine coverage increased to 31.5% of eligible women aged 18-29 years as of 2011-2012.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Six years after introduction of HPV vaccination in the United States, there has been a decrease in the prevalence of vaccine-type HPV among women correlated with receiving one or more vaccine doses with no change in nonvaccine-type HPV. Furthermore, there has been no change in prevalence of vaccine-type HPV among unvaccinated women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00297844
- Volume :
- 128
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 119620630
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000001760