Doctor’s Guide -- NEW YORK -- November 9, 2010 -- In 2007, Australia was the first county to fund a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme for all females aged 12 to 26 years. Three years on, a study published Online First in The Lancet Infectious Diseases has shown that diagnosis of genital warts (caused by HPV infection) have decreased 59%, while heterosexual men (who are not vaccinated) appear to have benefited from herd immunity with a decrease in genital warts diagnoses of 28%.
