Incidence rates of anogenital warts in Germany
A Kraut, T Schink, R Schulze-Rath, R Mikolajczyk, E Garbe · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2010 · Heft 09
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Background: Human papilloma virus (HPV) types 6 and 11 account for 90% of anogenital warts (AGW). Representative data for the German population on incidence rates of AGWs are lacking. Objectives of this study were to estimate the incidence rate of AGW in Germany from 2005 to 2006, stratified by age, sex, and region, and to determine the specialty of physician who made the initial diagnosis and type of drug treatment received. Methods: Age and sex standardised (for the German population 2006) incidence rates were estimated in an historical cohort ascertained from a population-based, large healthcare insurance dat…