Seroprevalence of mucosal and cutaneous human papillomavirus (HPV) types among children and adolescents in the general population in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Germany, HPV vaccination of adolescent girls was introduced in 2007. Nationally representative data on the distribution of vaccine-relevant HPV types in the pre-vaccination era are, however, only available for the adult population. To obtain data in children and adolescents, we assessed the prevalence and determinants of serological response to 16 different HPV types in a representative sample of 12,257 boys and girls aged 1-17 years living in Germany in 2003-2005.

Methods

Serum samples were tested for antibodies to nine mucosal and seven cutaneous HPV types. The samples had been collected during the nationally representative German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents in 2003-2006. We calculated age- and gender-specific HPV sero

SUBMITTER: Loenenbach A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8751243 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature