HPV vaccine is recommended for routine vaccination at age 11 or 12 years. (Vaccination can be started at age 9.) ACIP also recommends vaccination for everyone through age 26 years if not adequately vaccinated when younger. HPV vaccination is given as a series of either two or three doses, depending on age at initial vaccination.

HPV vaccination is administered as: A three-dose series (0, 1-2, 6 months) for persons who initiate vaccination at ages 15 through 45 years, and for immunocompromised persons.

2023年8月25日 · What does the HPV vaccine do? The HPV vaccine protects against genital warts and most cases of cervical cancer. It protects against cancer of the vagina, vulva, penis or anus caused by HPV. The HPV vaccine also protects against mouth, throat, head and neck cancers caused by HPV.

HPV vaccination provides safe, effective, and lasting protection against the HPV infections that most commonly cause cancer. The HPV vaccine series is most effective when given before a person is exposed to the virus. Every year in the United States, HPV causes about 36,000 cases of cancer in both men and women.

2023年11月9日 · What is the HPV vaccine for? The HPV vaccine prevents HPV infections that can progress to cancer or genital warts. This part’s important: The vaccine prevents infections, but it isn’t a treatment. If you’ve already been exposed to a particular strain of HPV, the vaccine can’t heal the infection.

Three vaccines that prevent infection with disease-causing HPV have been licensed in the United States: Gardasil, Gardasil 9, and Cervarix. Gardasil 9 has, since 2016, been the only HPV vaccine used in the United States. It prevents infection with the following nine HPV types:

2023年8月23日 · Gardasil 9 vaccine is used in girls and women ages 9 through 45 years to prevent cervical/vaginal/anal cancers or genital warts caused by certain types of HPV. Gardasil 9 vaccine is also used in boys and men ages 9 through 45 years to prevent anal cancer or genital warts caused by certain types of HPV.

The vaccine helps prevent infection from 2 low-risk cutaneous HPV types: HPV-6 and HPV-11. It also protects against several high-risk mucosal HPV types, including: HPV-16 and HPV-18, which cause most cervical cancers and pre-cancers, as well as many cancers of the anus , penis , vulva , vagina , and mouth and throat

Despite overwhelming evidence of the safety and effectiveness of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, vaccination rates remain low. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) urges...

2024年12月13日 · HPV vaccines are extremely effective at preventing infection by the HPV types they cover. Getting the HPV vaccine reduces a woman’s risk of cervical cancer and precancerous growths substantially.