HPV - tratamiento del hpv
HPV vaccine to prevent genital warts approved for males aged 9 to 26 in Canada
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TORONTO
— The vaccine manufacturer Merck says Health Canada has
approved Gardasil for the prevention of genital warts caused by HPV
infection in boys and men aged nine to 26.
HPV,
or human papillomavirus, is the most common sexually transmitted
infection and can also cause anal cancer in men. Gardasil has already
been approved for females aged nine to 26 in Canada to prevent cervical
cancer and genital warts.
The
vaccine is designed to prevent infection by four of the most common
strains of the virus.
Merck
says most genital warts are caused by two HPV strains, which are both
targeted by the vaccine.
An
estimated 40,000 new cases of genital warts are diagnosed each year in
Canadian men and women.
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