HPV should the HPV vaccination be compulsory The Human Papillomavirus also known as HPV infects 75-80% of sexually-active adults before they turn 50. HPV can have terrible side effects like genital wards‚ but it also leads to cancer. You may think the chance of your child getting this is very slim‚ but in Australia every year 21‚300 females are diagnosed with cancer caused by HPV. HPV is most common in woman aged 20-24. The Australian government if offering all school girls aged 12-13 the opportunity
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The Human Papilloma Virus‚ generally referred to as HPV‚ was first linked to cervical cancer by epidemiologists in the late 1990’s (Hariri‚ 2014). Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women with 528‚000 new cases diagnosed worldwide in 2012 (CDC‚ 2015). HPV provided medical scientist the opportunity to develop a vaccine to fight against humanity’s greatest enemy-cancer. Harald Zur Hausen received a Nobel Prize for his work linking HPV to cancer (Brody‚ 2012). Gardasil and Cervarix is
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The Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Decision: The Role of the Healthcare Provider Thesis statement: Healthcare providers should educate the parents of 11-12 year old boys and girls about human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and the HPV vaccine because HPV infection is prevalent and the chance of an adolescent being infected is high‚ persistent infection with the high-risk types 16 and 18 can cause serious health problems‚ and in order to assure effectiveness‚ the vaccine must be
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transmitted. HPV can infect the genital areas of both women and men and is a virus specific to humans. This includes the vulva in women‚ the cervix‚ the anus‚ and the linings of the vagina and rectum. In men it is commonly known to infect the skin of the penis and/or the anus. HPV is a virus that very commonly causes genital warts ("low-risk" HPV). HPV is the leading risk factor associated with cancer of the uterus and cervix ("high-risk" HPV)‚ although most people with genital warts caused by HPV never
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Inquiry 04 March 2011 Research Draft Mandatory Human Papilloma Vaccine Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is the most commonly sexually transmitted disease in the United States. It is estimated that at least 80% of men and women acquire an HPV infection during their lifetime. “In a recent study of women in the United States 25% of fourteen to nineteen year olds were infected with at least one type of HPV. HPV is often acquired within a few months of sexual initiation‚ even among people with only one partner”
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2013 Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Many people in America are unaware of sexually transmitted disease and even fewer are aware of the human papilloma virus‚ which is also known as the HPV. Approximately 79 million Americans are currently infected with HPV. About 14 million people become newly infected each year. HPV is so common that nearly all sexually-active men and women will get at least one type of HPV at some point in their lives. According to WWW.hpv.emedtv.com‚ “HPV is one of the most common
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as HPV‚ has been increasing. Even though HPV has been the subject of talk shows and school health lectures‚ at least 20 million Americans a year get infected with this virus. According to the Center for Disease Control‚ out of the 20 million Americans suffering from HPV each year‚ at least 33‚300 cancer cases first root from HPV ("HPV-Associated Cancers Statistics‚” par.1). These alarming statistics prompted Merck to release the first vaccine that could protect against the transmission of HPV in
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sexual activity and human papillomavirus (HPV) (Bellentir‚ 2002). In this essay‚ Human papillomavirus would be further discussed. For example‚ the signal transport pathway of HPV 16 and HPV 18‚ which many scientists believe that they are closely related of causing cervical cancer‚ as well as the HPV vaccine and chemotherapy of cervical cancer‚ would be discussed. HPV as the Main Cause of Cervical Cancer Cervical cancer usually starts from the invasion of HPV to the epidermal stratified squamous epithelium
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screening. I: HPV DNA testing C: Cytology Screening O: Sensitivity for detecting cervical precancerous lesions. Article 1: Int J Cancer. 2014 Jul 1;135(1):166-77. doi: 10.1002/ijc.28640. Epub 2014 Jan 24. Is HPV DNA testing specificity comparable to that of cytological testing in primary cervical cancer screening? Results of a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Pileggi C1‚ Flotta D‚ Bianco A‚ Nobile CG‚ Pavia M. Author information Abstract Human-papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing has
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HPV Vaccine: To Mandate or Not Gabrielle A. Blythers BCOM/275 March 11‚ 2013 Mike Cattermole Should the HPV Vaccine be mandatory? Although vaccinations have been around for 200 plus years‚ today in 2013 it is still a most controversial issue. Vaccine by definition is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of
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