Papillomaviruses and HPV vaccination to prevent cervical cancer and other HPV-associated diseases [electronic resource] / Douglas R. Lowy.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBiomedical & life sciences collection. Viruses and viral diseases : emerging threats to humans and animals: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2007Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (32 min.) : color, sound)Subject(s): Papillomavirus Infections | Papillomavirus Vaccines | Risk Factors | Uterine Cervical Neoplasms -- prevention & control | Virus Diseases | VirusesOnline resources: Click here to access online | Series Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Contents: Cervical cancer is attributable to multiple HPV types; HPV16 predominates -- Cervical cancer: time line of cervical HPV infections, progression and natural history -- Key features of HPV pathogenesis -- Challenges to development of a preventive HPV vaccine -- A prophylactic vaccine -- Formation of papillomavirus virions -- Two distinct HPV VLP vaccines are under commercial development -- Partial crossprotection against incident infection by other high risk HPV types -- Overall efficacy in preventing HPV cervical disease attributable to incident infection -- HPV life cycle -- How could IM injection of a VLP vaccine prevent mucosal or cutaneous infection at the cervix? -- Outstanding medical issues -- Regulatory status of HPV VLP vaccines -- Pap smear screening without vaccination would prevent more cervical cancer deaths than HPV16/18 vaccination without pap screening -- Limitations of current VLP vaccines.
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