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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Gardasil®"”.
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Vaccination Nation: A Bioethical Feminist Inquiry into the Political, Social and Ethical Controversy Surrounding the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
… in this country whether this new HPV vaccine, Gardasil®, should be added to the list of school-mandated vaccines. Karen Houppert (2007) has stated that this particular "vaccine protects girls and women from cervical cancer and genital warts caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV)" (p. 17). So, …
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Making evidence, making legitimacy : the introduction of HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccines in Colombia
… In 2013 the Colombian government introduced Gardasil® (Merck’s HPV vaccine) into the Colombian Expanded Programme of Immunisation. Since that year, three million girls have received the vaccine in Colombia. This thesis offers an empirical analysis of the configurations of evidence, efficiency …
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What college women know, think, and do about Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine
… to 24 year old age group. In 2006, HPV vaccine (Gardasil®) was approved for girls and women aged 9 to 26. However, the national vaccine uptake rate among young women has been low. HPV vaccine mandatory proposals have also been met with controversy. Some advocacy groups have voiced concerns about …
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The Immunogenicity of Plant-produced Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Virus-like particles (VLPs) in Mice
… immunization in mice. The commercially available Gardasil® HPV VLP vaccine was used as a positive control. The immunogenicity of the vaccines was evaluated by testing for the presence of anti-L1 antibodies in sera from immunized mice using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and western …
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HPV pseudovirion production in plants
… available vaccines, namely Cervarix™ and Gardasil®. Cervarix offers protection against high-risk HPV types 16 and 18, while Gardasil offers further protection against types 6 and 11. Both of these vaccines are based on major capsid protein L1 Virus-like particles (VLPs). While these …
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Chlamydia trachomatis diversity and pathogenesis in young South African women, related to HPV prevalence and risk
… the need for a broader vaccination strategy (eg. Gardasil®9). Public health initiatives are needed to be implemented to reduce the burden of clinically asymptomatic but inflammation causing infections with CT among young women by wider roll-out of near pointof-care (POC) or true POC STI screening …