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Volume 22, Number 10—October 2016
Synopsis

Population-Level Effects of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Programs on Infections with Nonvaccine Genotypes

David MesherComments to Author , Kate Soldan, Matti Lehtinen, Simon Beddows, Marc Brisson, Julia M.L. Brotherton, Eric P.F. Chow, Teresa Cummings, Mélanie Drolet, Christopher K. Fairley, Suzanne M. Garland, Jessica A. Kahn, Kimberley Kavanagh, Lauri E. Markowitz, Kevin G. Pollock, Anna Söderlund-Strand, Pam Sonnenberg, Sepehr N. Tabrizi, Clare Tanton, Elizabeth R. Unger, and Sara L. Thomas
Author affiliations: Public Health England, London, UK (D. Mesher, K. Soldan, S. Beddows); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London (D. Mesher, S.L. Thomas); University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland (M. Lehtinen); Imperial College London, London (M. Brisson); Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada (M. Brisson, M. Drolet); Université Laval, Quebec (M. Brisson, M Drolet); Victorian Cytology Service, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (J.M.L. Brotherton); University of Melbourne, Melbourne (J.M.L. Brotherton, S.M. Garland, S.N. Tabrizi); Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Melbourne (E.P.F. Chow, C.K. Fairley); Monash University, Melbourne (E.P.F. Chow, C.K. Fairley); Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (T. Cummings); Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia (S.M. Garland, S.N. Tabrizi); The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne (S.M. Garland, S.N. Tabrizi); Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (J.A. Kahn); University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati (J.A. Kahn); University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (K. Kavanagh); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L. Markowitz, E. Unger); Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow (K.G. Pollock); Division of Clinical Microbiology, Laboratory Medicine, Skåne, Lund, Sweden (A. Söderlund-Strand); University College London, London (P. Sonnenberg, C. Tanton)

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Table 1

Potential bias and external validity of studies included in meta-analysis of changes in prevalences of nonvaccine HPV genotypes*

Potential bias factors Study, authors (reference no.)
Mesher et al. (16) Söderlund-Strand et al. (17) Cummings et al. (21) Kahn et al. (22) Sonnenberg et al. (23) Tabrizi et al. (24) Cameron et al. (25) Markowitz et al. (26) Chow et al. (27)
Population-based samples† H H H H L L L L H
Comparative populations† H H L L L L L L H
Risk factor data collected and adjusted for H H L L L H H L L
Samples suitable for assessing HPV L L L L H L L L L
Assay with suitable accuracy L L L L L L L L L
Identical HPV assays† H L L L L L L L L
Vaccination status collected H H L L H L L H H

*HPV, human papillomavirus; H (in bold), high risk of bias; L, low risk of bias.
†For both prevaccination and postvaccination periods.

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