The impact beyond cancer of the HPV vaccine

Authors

  • Newton Sergio de Carvalho
  • Gabriela de Almeida Pernambuco Moron
  • Júlia Bertelli

Abstract

The incidence of 16,370 new cases of cervical cancer was recorded in Brazil during the year of 2018 with 5,000 deaths1. Regarding the low coverage of HPV vaccination in Brazil, we decided to write this letter to show that maybe there are some benefits of this vaccine beyond the oncogenesis process. This news could be increasing the motivation for vaccination. [...]

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Author Biographies

Newton Sergio de Carvalho

Dpartment of Tocogynecology of Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) – Curitiba (PR), Brazil; Sector of Infection in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Hospital of UFPR (HC-UFPR) – Curitiba (PR), Brazil.

Gabriela de Almeida Pernambuco Moron

Dpartment of Tocogynecology of Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) – Curitiba (PR), Brazil; Sector of Infection in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Hospital of UFPR (HC-UFPR) – Curitiba (PR), Brazil.

Júlia Bertelli

Dpartment of Tocogynecology of Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) – Curitiba (PR), Brazil; Sector of Infection in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Hospital of UFPR (HC-UFPR) – Curitiba (PR), Brazil.

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Published

2020-12-01

How to Cite

1.
Carvalho NS de, Moron G de AP, Bertelli J. The impact beyond cancer of the HPV vaccine. DST [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 1 [cited 2026 Oct. 23];32. Available from: https://bjstd.org/revista/article/view/897

Issue

Vol. 32 (2020)

Section

Original Article

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