Human Papillomavirus Vaccination
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Infectious Disease Epidemiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2019) | Viewed by 152
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cancer; epidemiology; public health; screening; cervical cancer; disease prevention; HPV-vaccination
Interests: cervical cancer; Human Papillomavirus (HPV); vaccination; screening; prevention; treatment; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN); gynecology and obstetrics; epidemiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is involved in almost all cervical cancers and to some extent also in other anogenital as well as in some head-and-neck cancers. Vaccination against the high-risk types 16 and 18 has been available for 12 years and many countries have introduced organized HPV-vaccination programs. In later years, the nine-valent HPV-vaccine has been marketed. Randomized controlled trials have shown HPV-vaccination to be highly protective against precancerous lesions caused by vaccine-HPV types in HPV-naïve individuals. Several aspects of HPV-vaccination are important from a public health point of view, namely the effectiveness/impact on various outcomes or groups of individuals, and organization/adherence to HPV-vaccination programs. Some countries vaccinate girls only, while others have introduced gender-neutral vaccination. It is discussed whether vaccination of women already exposed to HPV is effective, and whether HPV-vaccination after conization should be recommended. HPV-vaccination programs are widespread in the developed world, but barriers against high coverage exist, and some countries have struggled with anti-vaccination movements and fear of side-effects. Research on the effectiveness of partial doses is crucial for developing countries especially. For this Special Issue of IJERPH, we invite the submission of papers addressing these aspects of HPV-vaccination.
Prof. Elsebeth Lynge
Dr. Malene Skorstengaard
Dr. Lise Thamsborg
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- human papillomavirus
- cervical lesions
- cancer
- effectiveness
- HPV-vaccination
- vaccination programs
- coverage
- acceptability
- partial dose
- condylomas
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