human papillomavirus

(MedPage Today) -- Most girls who receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine don't take it as a license for riskier sexual behavior, researchers reported.

(University of Rochester Medical Center) The University of Rochester has been awarded a US patent for research essential to both human papillomavirus vaccines on the market.

The patent is for the creation of virus-like particles that mimic HPV 16, the type of HPV that causes the majority of all cancers related to HPV.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- A substantial proportion of women evaluated for liver transplant had coexisting infection with the hepatitis C virus and high-risk human papillomavirus, investigators reported here.

(MedPage Today) -- Among men who have sex with men, the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) reduces the risk of the precursors of anal cancer, researchers reported.

A US government medical panel recommends the human papillomavirus vaccine for boys, as vaccination rates for young women stagnate.

(MedPage Today) -- The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has approved draft recommendations for routine vaccination of 11- and 12-year-old boys with Gardasil to protect against four strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV).

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(MedPage Today) -- Two doses of a bivalent vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) appeared just as effective in preventing persistent infections as the recommended three doses in young women, according to a study in Costa Rica.

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