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Our anonymous questionnaire contained 54 items: basic socio-demographic data, knowledge about HPV infection\/cervical cancer and HPV vaccination. (3) Results: 54.9% knew that HPV caused cervical cancer, and 52.1% identified HPV as an STD. Knowledge of risk factors such as promiscuity (46.9%) and early sexual activity (15.6%) was low, but higher than that of further HPV-induced diseases: genital warts (in females 9.9%, in males 9%), anal cancer (in females 2.2%, in males 1.9%), penile cancer (9.4%), and vulvar cancer (7.8%). A percentage of 14.6% feared getting infected, and 35.7% supported compulsory HPV vaccination. A percentage of 51.2% would have their future children vaccinated\u2014significantly more girls than boys. (4) Conclusion: Our results support the findings of previous studies about young adults\u2019 HPV-related knowledge, which was poor, especially regarding pathologies in men. Despite the low level of awareness, the students\u2019 attitude was mostly positive when asked about vaccinating their future children.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/vaccines5010001","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,12,29]],"date-time":"2016-12-29T10:16:20Z","timestamp":1483006580000},"page":"1","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Young Hungarian Students\u2019 Knowledge about HPV and Their Attitude Toward HPV Vaccination"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Bettina","family":"Balla","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Semmelweis University, Nagyv\u00e1rad t\u00e9r 4., Budapest 1089, Hungary"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andr\u00e1s","family":"Terebessy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Semmelweis University, Nagyv\u00e1rad t\u00e9r 4., Budapest 1089, Hungary"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emese","family":"T\u00f3th","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, \u00dcll\u0151i \u00fat 26., Budapest 1085, Hungary"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7351-4828","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"P\u00e9ter","family":"Bal\u00e1zs","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Semmelweis University, Nagyv\u00e1rad t\u00e9r 4., Budapest 1089, Hungary"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,12,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"EUCAN Factsheets, Cervical Cancer. 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