Differential misclassification between self-reported status and official HPV vaccination records in Japan: Implications for evaluating vaccine safety and effectiveness

Japan has no national vaccine registry and approximately 1700 municipalities manage the immunization records independently. In June 2013, proactive recommendations for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine were suspended after unconfirmed reports of adverse events following immunization in the medi...

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Main Authors: Manako Yamaguchi, Masayuki Sekine, Risa Kudo, Sosuke Adachi, Yutaka Ueda, Etsuko Miyagi, Megumi Hara, Sharon J.B. Hanley, Takayuki Enomoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Papillomavirus Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405852118300016