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. 2011 Mar 31;11:203. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-203

Table 2.

Details of efficacy calculations

Source
Bivalent
vaccine
Quadrivalent
vaccine

Reduction in the probability of HPV infection
Assumed proportion of HPV 16/18 in cervical cancer, A 74.9% 74.9% [7]
Vaccine efficacy-percent reduction in HPV 16/18 persistent infections, B 95.0% 95.0% [23,27,28,32-40]
Assumed proportion of other high risk HPV in cervical cancer, C 23.4% 23.4% [7]
Vaccine efficacy-percent reduction in other high risk HPV persistent infections, D 68.4% 32.5% [30-32]
Calculated reduction in the probability of HPV infection (AxB)+(CxD) 87.2% 78.8%
Corection factor for CIN1
Percent of HPV 1618 in CIN1 cases which are caused by oncogenic HPV, E 37.0%
Correction factor for CIN1, A-E 37.9%
Corection factor for CIN2/3
Percent of HPV 1618 in CIN2/3 cases which are caused by oncogenic HPV, F 52.0%
Correction factor for CIN2/3 A-F 22.9%