Researchers have found that around three quarters of the maximum possible benefit from HPV vaccination for boys can be achieved by the current program of vaccinating 12-13 year-old girls. The study authors undertook a modelling analysis using preliminary data to estimate vaccination coverage among females. They did not look at the effect of not vaccinating males on the homosexual population’s chance of getting HPV-related cancer.
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