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. 2016 May 26;63(4):519–527. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw354

Table 1.

Summary of Publications Reporting the Impact and Effectiveness of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Programs in 9 Countries

Country (No. of Included Publications) and HPV Vaccination Program Publications (No.) per Endpointa
Genital Warts HPV Infection Cervical Cytological Abnormalities Cervical Histological Abnormalities
Australia (18 publications) 10 3 5 5
  • Since April 2007: ongoing publicly funded school-based national program, girls aged 12–13 y

  • Up to December 2009: school-based catch-up for females aged 12–17 y and community-based catch-up for women aged 18–26 y

  • Since February 2013: ongoing school-based national program for boys aged 12–13 y, with catch-up 14–15 y in 2013–2014b

Fairley 2009 [A29]
Donovan 2011 [A28]
Read 2011 [A37]
Ali 2013 [A23, A24]
Liu 2014 [A34]
Harrison 2014 [A31]
Chow 2015 [A27]
Smith 2015 [A39], 2016 [A43]
Tabrizi 2012 [A4], 2014 [A5]
Chow 2015 [A8]
Brotherton 2011 [A53]
Gertig 2013 [A46]
Crowe 2014 [A45]
Brotherton 2015 [A44, A54]
Brotherton 2011 [A53]
Gertig 2013 [A46]
Crowe 2014 [A45]
Brotherton 2015 [A44, A54]
Belgium (2 publications) 1 1
  • November 2007: females 12–15 y reimbursed

  • End of 2008: reimbursement extended to age 18 y

  • Since 2010/2011: school-based, girls aged 12–13 y

Dominiak-Felden 2015 [A17] Merckx 2014 [A14]
Canada (3 publications) 1 2 1
  • Since 2007–2009: school-based, targeting girls grades 4–8 in all provinces/territories

Smith 2015 [A20] Mahmud 2014 [A47]
Smith 2015 [A20]
Ogilvie 2015 [A58]
Denmark (8 publications) 5 2 3
  • 2006: licensed

  • October 2008: 1st catch-up, females aged 13–15 y, free

  • Since 2009: females aged 12 y, free

  • August 2012: 2nd catch-up, females aged ≤27 y old

Baandrup 2013 [A25]
Blomberg 2013 [A21]
Sando 2014 [A38]
Blomberg 2015 [A16]
Bollerup 2016 [A42]
Baldur-Felskov 2014 [A48, A51] Baldur-Felskov 2014 [A48, A51], 2015 [A52]
France (1 publication) 1
  • Initially: recommended for females ≥14 y old with no prior sexual intercourse or within 1st year following sexual debut

  • Since September 2012: recommended in females aged 11–14 y, with catch-up for females 15–19 y

Judlin 2015 [A32]
Germany (2 publications) 1 1
  • Since 2007: females aged 13–17, free

Mikolajczyk 2013 [A35] Delere 2014 [A2]
New Zealand (2 publications) 2
  • September 2008: vaccine available

  • February 2009: school program for females aged 12–13 y, with catch-up until 2010 for females <20 y

Oliphant 2011 [A36]
Wilson 2014 [A40]
Sweden (5 publications) 3 1 1
  • 2006–2011: public subsidy for on-demand vaccination, females aged 13–17 y

  • Since 2012: organized, publicly funded school-based vaccination of females aged 10–12 y with catch-up for females 13–18 y

Leval 2012 [A33], 2013 [A19]
Herweijer 2014 [A18]
Soderlund-Strand 2014 [A13] Herweijer 2016 [A50]
United States (17 publications) 4 9 4
  • Since 2006: US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended routine vaccination for females aged ≥11 y

Bauer 2012 [A26]
Swedish 2012 [A22]
Flagg 2013 [A30]
Nsouli-Maktabi 2013 [A41]
Cummings 2012 [A1]
Kahn 2012 [A11]
Powell 2012 [A6]c
Schlecht 2012 [A3]
Markowitz 2013 [A12]
Wilson 2014 [A15]
Dickson 2015 [A9]
Dunne 2015 [A10]
Markowitz 2016 [A7]
Jamal 2013 [A56]
Niccolai 2013 [A57]
Hariri 2015 [A49, A55]

Abbreviations: HPV, human papillomavirus vaccine; y, years.

a Publications may appear in >1 column if the study addresses >1 outcome. Please see Supplementary Table 2 in Supplementary Appendix II for detailed citations.

b National HPV Vaccination Program Register. Preliminary estimates of HPV vaccination coverage for males—school-based program, first year of program delivery (2013). Available at: http://www.hpvregister.org.au/research/coverage-data/preliminary-estimates-male-hpv-coverage-2013. Accessed 27 April 2015.

c Although included here in the original literature search, this citation did not actually provide data relevant to HPV infection.