HPV Infections Decline Among Teenage Girls Following Introduction Of Vaccine, Study Suggests.

reports that the study found “girls between 14 and 19 years old saw infection rates on the four types of HPV covered by the Gardasil vaccine fall 64 percent from the rate prior to the vaccine’s introduction — from 11.5 percent in 2003-2006 to 4.3 percent between 2009 and 2012.” Meanwhile, “in women ages 20 to 24, prevalence of the infection declined 34 percent in those years, from 18.5 percent to 12.1 percent.” The New York Times (2/22, A14, Hoffman, Subscription Publication) also covers the story. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2016/02/22/Vaccination-rate-for-HPV-is-in-decline-but-so-are-infections/stories/201602220018