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SUBMITTER: Bednarczyk RA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6667791 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bednarczyk Robert A RA Ellingson Mallory K MK Omer Saad B SB
The Journal of infectious diseases 20190701 5
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is suboptimally used in the United States. Vaccination before the 13th birthday is recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and vaccination before the 15th birthday requires only 2 doses. We estimated the proportion of adolescents up to date for HPV vaccine using provider-verified vaccination data from the 2016 National Immunization Survey-Teen. Only 16% of US adolescents completed HPV vaccination before turning 13, and 35% completed ...[more]