HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS AND VACCINATION

  • Inês Leite Interna do Internato Complementar de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Resident, Dermatology and Venereology; Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia, Centro Hospitalar de V.N. de Gaia/Espinho
  • Cármen Lisboa Professora Doutora, Especialista em Dermatologia e Venereologia/Professor, Consultant of Dermatology and Venereology; Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia, Hospital de S. João, Porto; Serviço de Microbiologia, Faculdade de Medicina do Porto
  • Filomena Azevedo Directora de Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Head, Dermatology and Venereology Department; Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia, Hospital de S. João, Porto
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.69.3.75

Abstract

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is considered to be a public health problem. HPV ́s role on the pathogenesis of cancer and genital warts is well established. There are two highly efficacious prophylactic HPV vaccines that have the potential to substantially reduce HPV-related diseases. This review focuses on clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of HPV infection and the vaccines ́ role on the prevention of the diseases caused by this virus.

KEYWORDS – Papillomavirus Vaccines; Condylomata Acuminata; Papillomavirus Infections; Papillomaviridae; Neo- plasms.


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Published
2011-09-28
How to Cite
Leite, I., Lisboa, C., & Azevedo, F. (2011). HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS AND VACCINATION. Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology, 69(3), 395. https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.69.3.75
Issue
Vol 69 No 3 (2011): Julho - Setembro
Section
Review Articles

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