Search for dissertations about: "HPV-vaccination"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the word HPV-vaccination.

  2. 11. Cost-Effectiveness of Vaccination and the Value of Prevention

    Author : Ellen Wolff; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health Econmics;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to analyse the cost-effectiveness of vaccination of infectious diseases and to investigate the value of prevention, in a Swedish setting. This thesis consists of five studies. READ MORE

  4. 12. Occurrence of human papillomaviruses (HPV) types in HPV related cancer and in the genital and oral tracts of young adults

    Author : Juan Du; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated to cancer of the uterine cervix, the third most common cancer among women, but also to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), the sixth most common type of cancer in the world. HPV occurs in most cervical cancer (CC). READ MORE

  5. 13. Markets, Interventions and Externalities : Four Essays in Applied Economics

    Author : Sara Fogelberg Lövgren; Mårten Palme; Mikael Priks; Helena Svaleryd; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This Ph.D. thesis contains four independent essays summarized as follows. Effects of Competition between Healthcare Providers on Prescription of AntibioticsThe introduction of antibiotics as a medical treatment after World War II helped to dramatically increase life expectancy in the industrialized world. READ MORE

  6. 14. Vaccine effectiveness against HPV infections

    Author : Hanna Kann; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Infections with human papilloma viruses (HPV) are the most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases. The vast majority of the sexually active population acquires them during lifetime but almost all HPV infections become resolved within a year. READ MORE

  7. 15. Human papillomavirus in anogenital cancer, with special reference to the viral capsid

    Author : Pirkko Heino; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Infection with the oncogenic types of Human Papillomavirus (HPV), particularly HPV type 16, is the major cause of anogenital dysplasias, which are precursor lesions of anogenital cancers. Studies of the HPV capsid are of interest, since HPV capsids are attractive candidates for cancer-preventive vaccines, since detection of viral capsids in clinical specimens can be used to monitor viral infectivity and spread and since HPV capsid seropositivity is a useful epidemiological marker of HPV exposure. READ MORE