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MCMC-driven mathematical modeling of the impact of HPV vaccine uptake in reducing cervical cancer

Abstract

Please read abstract in the article.

Description

DATA AVAILABILITY : The data supporting the findings of this study were sourced from published articles as in Table 1, while some parameters were estimated using synthetic data, all of which are properly documented within the manuscript.

Keywords

Human papillomavirus (HPV), Trivial node, Digraph, Self-loop, CIN1,2,3, MCMC ran, Mean posterior, Herd immunity, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), Cervical cancer, Cervical cancer

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG-03: Good health and well-being

Citation

Oswald, S., Mureithi, E., Tsanou, B. et al. 2025, 'MCMC-driven mathematical modeling of the impact of HPV vaccine uptake in reducing cervical cancer', Scientific African, vol. 28, art. e02633, pp. 1-29, doi : 10.1016/j.sciaf.2025.e02633.