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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 104, No. 1, 2009, pp. 1-10
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Bioline Code: oc09001
Full paper language: English
Document type: Review Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 104, No. 1, 2009, pp. 1-10
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HPV vaccination: the beginning of the end of cervical cancer? - A Review
Lepique, Ana Paula; Rabachini, Tatiana & Villa, Luisa Lina
Abstract
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for all cases of cervical cancer, as well as a great percentage of other anogenital tumors and oropharyngeal tumors. Since the main etiologic factor for these diseases is a virus, prophylactic measures are the best way to reduce the burden caused by the infection and associated disease. This review brings up to date information on the two commercially available prophylactic HPV vaccines against HPV, as well as presenting the ongoing research on HPV peptide, protein and dendritic cell based therapeutic vaccines.
Keywords
human papillomavirus - anogenital cancers - prophylactic vaccine - therapeutic vaccine - clinical trial
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