title: [Human papillomavirus vaccines: a new challenge for pediatricians].
abstract: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are the most common sexually transmitted infections in the world. This infection is a necessary cause of cervical cancer, has been related to other forms of anogenital, airway and digestive cancers, and also causes anogenital warts. The recent advances in HPV prophylactic vaccines and their imminent commercial availability will post a new challenge to pediatricians: the indication and administration of these vaccines for the prevention of HPV infection, and consequently, of cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases. The present article reviews the essentials of HPV infection, its relationship with cervical cancer, the advances in prophylactic HPV vaccines, and the role of the pediatrician in this context.
authors.affiliation: Comité Asesor de Vacunas, Asociación Española de Pediatría, auspiciado por Sanofi Pasteur MSD.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martinón-Torres
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bernaola Iturbe
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giménez Sánchez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baca Cots
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Juan Martín
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Díez Domingo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garcés Sánchez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gómez Campderá
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Picazo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pineda Solas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000592:standards; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D010819:Physician's Role; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000592:standards; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines