No effect of human papillomavirus vaccination on sexual debut of school children.

CONCLUSIONS: Overall, no difference in the proportion of pupils with sexual debut or mean age at sexual debut was observed between HPV-vaccinated and unvaccinated adolescents in Denmark. However, HPV-vaccinated adolescents were more likely to stop using a condom despite their higher STI awareness. FUNDING: Author Anne Hammer received funding from the Danish Cancer Society. TRIAL REGISTRATION: not relevant. PMID: 30910005 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Danish Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: Dan Med J Source Type: research