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This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (nos. 2009BAI82B02 and 2010DFB34100) and the Oasis Scholar Fund of Shihezi University (no. LZXZ201023). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.
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Zhang, W., Li, F., Wang, Y. et al. The case for semi-mandatory HPV vaccination in China. Nat Biotechnol 31, 590–591 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2631
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