a study of 10,296 pediatric and adolescent papanicolaou smear diagnoses in northern new england. | this study analyzes pediatric and adolescent papanicolaou (pap) smear diagnoses to determine the prevalence rates of squamous intraepithelial lesion (sil) as well as infectious and reactive processes in this age group. | 1999 | 10049953 |
genus beta human papillomaviruses and incidence of basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas of skin: population based case-control study. | to investigate the association between genus beta human papillomaviruses and the incidence of non-melanocytic skin cancer in the general population. | 2010 | 20616098 |
national, state, and local area vaccination coverage among adolescents aged 13-17 years --- united states, 2009. | the advisory committee for immunization practices (acip) recommends that adolescents routinely receive the following vaccines: meningococcal conjugate (menacwy, 1 dose); tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (tdap, 1 dose); and (for females) human papillomavirus (hpv, 3 doses). adolescents also should receive the following recommended vaccinations they missed during childhood: measles, mumps, rubella (mmr, 2 doses); hepatitis b (hepb, 3 doses); and varicella (var, 2 doses). since 2006, cdc ha ... | 2010 | 20724968 |
the politics of hpv vaccination policy formation in the united states. | this article explores the political dimensions of policy formation for the human papillomavirus (hpv) vaccine through case studies of six states: california, indiana, new hampshire, new york, texas, and virginia. using thematic content analysis of semistructured key informant interviews with policy stakeholders, newspaper articles, and archival materials, we describe the trajectory of public health policy developments for hpv immunization and analyze key influences on policy outcomes through the ... | 2013 | 23645875 |
cutaneous alpha, beta and gamma human papillomaviruses in relation to squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: a population-based study. | human papillomavirus (hpv) infection is common worldwide and, in immunodeficient populations, may contribute to the pathogenesis of keratinocyte cancers, particularly squamous cell carcinomas (scc). however, their role in scc in the general population is less clear. we conducted a comprehensive analysis to investigate the independent effects of seropositivity for cutaneous alpha, beta and gamma hpv types on risk of scc, and a meta-analysis of the available literature. in a population-based case- ... | 2013 | 23536363 |