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Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine:
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Although the majority of infections cause no symptoms and are self-limited, infection with certain HPV types is considered necessary for the development of cervical cancer. In June 2006, the quadrivalent HPV vaccine types 6, 11, 16, 18 was licensed for use among females, ages 9 to 26 years, for prevention of vaccine HPV-type-related cervical cancer, cervical cancer precursors, vaginal and vulvar cancer precursors, and anogental warts. In March, 2007, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) published its first statement on the use of this vaccine.
Read the full-text report at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website:
"Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine:
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)"
Markowitz LE, Dunne EF, Saraiya M, Lawson HW, Chesson H, Unger ER; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
MMWR Recomm Rep. 2007 Mar 23;56(RR-2):1-24.
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