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

• Main Authors: Dr Prof Marc Brisson, PhD (Author), Élodie Bénard, MSc (Author), Mélanie Drolet, PhD (Author), Johannes A Bogaards, PhD (Author), Iacopo Baussano, MD (Author), Simopekka Vänskä, PhD (Author), Mark Jit, PhD (Author), Prof Marie-Claude Boily, PhD (Author), Megan A Smith, MPH (Author), Johannes Berkhof, PhD (Author), Prof Karen Canfell, PhD (Author), Harrell W Chesson, PhD (Author), Emily A Burger, PhD (Author), Yoon H Choi, PhD (Author), Prof Birgitte Freiesleben De Blasio, PhD (Author), Sake J De Vlas, PhD (Author), Giorgio Guzzetta, PhD (Author), Jan A C Hontelez, PhD (Author), Johannes Horn, Dipl Biomath (Author), Martin R Jepsen, PhD (Author), Prof Jane J Kim, PhD (Author), Fulvio Lazzarato, MSc (Author), Suzette M Matthijsse, MSc (Author), Rafael Mikolajczyk, MD (Author), Andrew Pavelyev, PhD (Author), Matthew Pillsbury, PhD (Author), Leigh Anne Shafer, PhD (Author), Stephen P Tully, PhD (Author), Hugo C Turner, PhD (Author), Cara Usher, PhD (Author), Prof Cathal Walsh, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...