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Abstract

Two prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines have been licensed in Europe: the quadrivalent vaccine, Gardasil® (Sanofi Pasteur MSD) and the bivalent vaccine, Cervarix® (GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals) [1,2]. Both vaccines are made from virus-like particles and are non-infectious [3]. Both vaccines protect against the high-risk HPV types 16 and 18, which cause an estimated 73% of cervical cancer cases in Europe. Gardasil also protects against HPV 6 and 11, which cause most cases of genital warts. Both vaccines have a good safety profile. They have been shown to prevent more than 90% of precancerous lesions associated with types 16 or 18 among HPV naïve women in clinical trials [4]. .

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2008-01-24
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