TY - JOUR AU - Kavanagh, Kimberley AU - Sinka, Katy AU - Cuschieri, Kate AU - Love, John AU - Potts, Alison AU - Pollock, Kevin GJ AU - Cubie, Heather AU - Donaghy, Martin AU - Robertson, Chris PY - 2013 DA - 2013/11/05 TI - Estimation of HPV prevalence in young women in Scotland; monitoring of future vaccine impact JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 519 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Estimation of pre-immunisation prevalence of HPV and distribution of HPV types is fundamental to understanding the subsequent impact of HPV vaccination. We describe the type specific prevalence of HPV in females aged 20–21 in Scotland who attended or defaulted from cervical screening using three specimen types; from attenders liquid based cytology and from defaulters urine or self-taken swabs. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-519 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-13-519 ID - Kavanagh2013 ER -