Human papillomavirus in young women with Chlamydia trachomatis infection 7 years after the Australian human papillomavirus vaccination programme: A cross-sectional study

EPF Chow; JA Danielewski; G Fehler; SN Tabrizi; MG Law; CS Bradshaw; SM Garland; MY Chen; CK Fairley

Journal article

Human papillomavirus in young women with Chlamydia trachomatis infection 7 years after the Australian human papillomavirus vaccination programme: A cross-sectional study

EPF Chow, JA Danielewski, G Fehler, SN Tabrizi, MG Law, CS Bradshaw, SM Garland, MY Chen, CK Fairley

Lancet Infectious Diseases | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00055-9

Abstract

Background: The national quadrivalent human papillomavirus (4vHPV) vaccination programme was launched in Australia in April, 2007. In this study, we aimed to explore the prevalence of vaccine-targeted human papillomavirus (HPV) types contained in the 4vHPV and nine-valent HPV (9vHPV) vaccines detected in young women diagnosed with chlamydia. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we identified specimens from women aged 25 years or younger who attended the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) diagnosed with chlamydia. We calculated the prevalence of 4vHPV types (6, 11, 16, and 18) and the extra five 9vHPV types (31, 33, 45, 52, and 58 alone) excluding 4vHPV types, strat..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council programme grant (grant number 568971). We acknowledge A Afrizal for his assistance with data extraction.