Immunizing against Anogenital Cancer: HPV Vaccines

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Most of us are familiar with foot and hand warts caused by the skin tropic human papillomaviruses (HPV). However, it is less well recognized that infection with HPV types that replicate in the anogenital mucosa is the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease in the world. Indeed, a recent estimate suggests that 80%-90% of the sexually active population is exposed during their lifetime to mucosal HPV Of the...

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