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Immunization
Researchers from University of Melbourne describe findings in immunization
March 25th, 2009
According to recent research from Melbourne, Australia, "Despite recent evidence demonstrating that lesbian and bisexual women are at risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), there is a common perception that STIs cannot be transmitted between women. This paper reports on a study in which a self-report questionnaire, completed by over 300 lesbian and bisexual women and a comparison group of heterosexual women, was undertaken to determine lesbian and bisexual women's levels of knowledge about the human papillomavirus (HPV) and their attitudes toward the HPV vaccine and cervical smear testing." "Alongside this, a series of in-depth interviews with lesbian and...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-03-25)
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