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Article: HPV vaccine prevents genital warts, cervical Ca.(News)
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- Skin & Allergy News
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- February 1, 2006
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WASHINGTON -- A human papillomavirus vaccine developed by Merck & Co. is 100% effective in preventing genital warts in women in addition to preventing cervical cancer, Dr. John T. Schiller reported at the annual meeting of the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
The vaccine, known as Gardasil, includes HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18. Types 16 and 18 account for about 70% of cervical cancer, and types 6 and 11 account for about 90% of genital warts, said Dr. Schiller, head of the neoplastic disease section of the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md.
At 2 years of follow-up, Gardasil achieved 100% efficacy against genital ...