Human papillomavirus and the HPV vaccine: are the benefits worth the risks?
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most commonly sexually transmitted infection in the United States. This article gives an overview and discussion of HPV virus types and transmission, and the quadrivalent vaccine now available to protect against it. Included are the nursing implications for the HPV vaccine related to education and counseling of parents, patients, and young adult women regarding HPV vaccination, for whom the vaccine is indicated.
Knudtson
Mary
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Program in Nursing Science, Department of Nursing, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. mdknudts@uci.edu
Tiso
Susan
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Phillips
Susanne
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D026683:Advisory Committees; D002648:Child; D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D024802:Nurse's Role; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods
D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines