Journal article
HPV vaccination: for women of all ages?
The discovery of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in cervical cancer by Harald zur Hausen sparked 30 years of research that established that persistent cervical infection by certain HPV genotypes causes cervical cancer. This research has led to revolutionary technical advances for the prevention of cervical cancer: prophylactic HPV vaccination and sensitive molecular HPV testing for screening. These promising technologies can be used to complement or enhance established cervical cancer prevention programmes, and to provide robust solutions in low-resource settings without screening programmes.
Authors
Languages
- English
Publication year
2014
Journal
Vaccine
Volume
9961
Type
Journal article
Categories
- Vaccines & delivery devices
Diseases
- HPV
Tags
- New vaccine introduction
