Outcomes for girls without HPV vaccination in Japan
Yusuke Tanaka, Yutaka UedaemailPress enter key to Email the author, Tomomi Egawa-Takata, Asami Yagi, Kiyoshi Yoshino, Tadashi Kimura
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(16)00147-9
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In Japan, HPV vaccinations became available to girls aged 13–16 years with public aid from 2010 and subsequently became routine for those aged 12–16 years from April, 2013. However, in the spring late spring of 2013, the media repeatedly reported adverse events which were attributed to the HPV vaccination (including pain and motor disability) even though it is not exactly known whether these effects were actually caused by the vaccine. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare suspended its active recommendation for girls to receive HPV vaccinations in June, 2013.